Mendix Styling Sync

Work on your Mac, sync the theme folder with Windows.

My VSCode works better on my Mac than in the Parallels virtual machine. So... I created a little script that will sync the folders in between

How To

Prerequisites

• Download the release.zip from the latest release.
• Unzip this in a folder on your Mac. Let's say in /Users/Jelte/ProjectStyling/Project1
• Make sure you have Node.js (version 12.x or higher) installed. Easiest way is to use NVM
• Open the folder in a terminal
• Run npm install
• Create a file called .env in your styling folder (like the folder I created above)
• Add the following like to your file:

THEME_PATH="/Path/From/My/Mac/To/My_Mendix_Project_root"

Make sure you can reach this path from your Mac terminal.

• That's it, you're done

How to use

• Make sure you have updated your Mendix project (Version Control -> Update) in case you have this project on Sprintr
• In the terminal you opened, type npm start and hit Enter
• The following will happen:

1. It will remove any theme folder in your current folder
2. Copy the theme folder from your Mendix project to your local folder
3. Keep the local folder in sync with the theme folder in your Mendix project

• Every time you start your project, make sure the sync is stopped (you can Ctrl+C to quit) and you run Update in Mendix. Also, if you are updating your project (for example, your colleague made changes), stop the sync first. It might do well, but I am not sure if it will play nicely, so it's best to quit the sync first.
• Now you can make changes in your local theme folder

Warning

Although the sync should do fine, it's always best to either have a backup locally, or on Sprintr, just in case. You are warned and I take no responsibility if this goes wrong.

License

The MIT License (MIT)

Copyright (c) 2020 Jelte Lagendijk

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