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Disable merging and minification steps in the build process

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Assessment

Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Newbie friendliness
45/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
react, typescript

Research direction

Start by locating the build process that combines generated and manually adjusted React component code, then find where the resulting code is minified. Disable both steps and verify that packages expose the original, unaltered source so IDEA can navigate the JavaScript correctly.

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Description

DX enhancement

We've recently received a user request for access to the source code of our React components, as discussed in this forum thread. Currently, the code for each component is divided into two sections: a generated portion and a manually adjusted section for instances that require specific tuning. During the build process, these two sections are combined and subsequently minified.

This process, however, disrupts the mapping algorithm of IDEA, making it exceedingly difficult to navigate through the JavaScript code. Therefore, the proposal is to disable both the merging and minification steps during the build process. This would allow us to provide the end user with the original, unaltered code.

Dominant language
TypeScript
Stars
18
Forks
4
Avg merge
52m
Merged PRs (30d)
7

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