From 79718da02a603bbac42963b16ffef154e3b93cdd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Stephen McLaughlin <44235289+Steve-Mcl@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2024 21:48:35 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Improve DX - dont minify dev build

---
 vite.config.js | 3 +--
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/vite.config.js b/vite.config.js
index cd223ffe9..0b95f3379 100644
--- a/vite.config.js
+++ b/vite.config.js
@@ -38,8 +38,7 @@ export default defineConfig({
     ],
     root: 'ui',
     build: {
-        // Generate a source map in dev mode
-        sourcemap: process.env.NODE_ENV === 'development',
+        minify: process.env.NODE_ENV === 'development' ? false : undefined,
         outDir: '../dist',
         emptyOutDir: true
     },

From 781c3597c5f0f30f2e5f852043d419aac8eddc39 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Stephen McLaughlin <44235289+Steve-Mcl@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2024 22:28:51 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] update contributing docs

---
 docs/contributing/index.md | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/docs/contributing/index.md b/docs/contributing/index.md
index 0176a0f0e..bef18add0 100644
--- a/docs/contributing/index.md
+++ b/docs/contributing/index.md
@@ -56,6 +56,8 @@ A [VitePress](https://vitepress.dev/) documentation site that is used to generat
     ```bash
     npm run build
     ```
+   Alternatively, use `npm run build:dev` to build a developer version or use `npm run dev` to build a developer version and watch for changes (hot reload)
+
 
 ### Install into Node-RED