Application Development Mode

This chapter describes the development mode for Foxx applications. It is only useful if you have write access to the files in ArangoDB’s application folder. The folder is printed in the web interface for development Foxxes and can be reconfigured using the startup option --javascript.app-path. If you do not have access to this folder, e.g. using a hosted service like myArangoDB, you cannot make use of this feature. You will have to stick to the procedure described in New Versions.

Activation

Activating the development mode is done with a single command:

unix> foxx-manager development /example
Activated development mode for Application hello-foxx version 1.5.0 on mount point /example

Now the app will now be listed in listDevelopment:

unix> foxx-manager listDevelopment
Mount       Name          Author          Description                                 Version    Development
---------   -----------   -------------   -----------------------------------------   --------   ------------
/example    hello-foxx    Frank Celler    This is 'Hello World' for ArangoDB Foxx.    1.5.0      true
---------   -----------   -------------   -----------------------------------------   --------   ------------
1 application(s) found

Effects

For a Foxx application in development mode the following effects apply:

Reload on request Whenever a request is routed to this application its source is reloaded. This means all requests are slightly slower than in production mode. But you will get immediate live updates on your code changes.

Exposed Debugging information This application will deliver error messages and stack traces to requesting client. For more information see the Debugging section.