chore(dx/server): basic middleware integration for vite

apps/client/vite.config.mts.bak

@@ -41,11 +41,6 @@ export default defineConfig(() => ({
     ] as Plugin[],
     resolve: {
         alias: [
-            // Force the use of dist in development mode because upstream ESM is broken (some hybrid between CJS and ESM, will be improved in upcoming versions).
-            {
-                find: "@triliumnext/highlightjs",
-                replacement: resolve(__dirname, "node_modules/@triliumnext/highlightjs/dist")
-            },
             {
                 find: "react",
                 replacement: "preact/compat"

apps/server/package.json

@@ -7,7 +7,13 @@
     "better-sqlite3": "12.2.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
+    "@anthropic-ai/sdk": "0.60.0",
+    "@braintree/sanitize-url": "7.1.1",
     "@electron/remote": "2.1.3",
+    "@preact/preset-vite": "2.10.2",
+    "@triliumnext/commons": "workspace:*",
+    "@triliumnext/express-partial-content": "workspace:*",
+    "@triliumnext/turndown-plugin-gfm": "workspace:*",
     "@types/archiver": "6.0.3",
     "@types/better-sqlite3": "7.6.13",
     "@types/cls-hooked": "4.3.9",
@@ -38,16 +44,11 @@
     "@types/turndown": "5.0.5",
     "@types/ws": "8.18.1",
     "@types/xml2js": "0.4.14",
-    "express-http-proxy": "2.1.1",
-    "@anthropic-ai/sdk": "0.60.0",
-    "@braintree/sanitize-url": "7.1.1",
-    "@triliumnext/commons": "workspace:*",
-    "@triliumnext/express-partial-content": "workspace:*",
-    "@triliumnext/turndown-plugin-gfm": "workspace:*",
     "archiver": "7.0.1",
     "async-mutex": "0.5.0",
     "axios": "1.11.0",
     "bindings": "1.5.0",
+    "bootstrap": "5.3.8",
     "chardet": "2.1.0",
     "cheerio": "1.1.2",
     "chokidar": "4.0.3",
@@ -64,6 +65,7 @@
     "electron-window-state": "5.0.3",
     "escape-html": "1.0.3",
     "express": "5.1.0",
+    "express-http-proxy": "2.1.1",
     "express-openid-connect": "^2.17.1",
     "express-rate-limit": "8.0.1",
     "express-session": "1.18.2",
@@ -105,6 +107,7 @@
     "tmp": "0.2.5",
     "turndown": "7.2.1",
     "unescape": "1.0.1",
+    "vite": "^7.1.3",
     "ws": "8.18.3",
     "xml2js": "0.6.2",
     "yauzl": "3.2.0"
@@ -361,7 +364,7 @@
     }
   },
   "scripts": {
-    "dev": "cross-env TRILIUM_ENV=dev TRILIUM_DATA_DIR=data TRILIUM_RESOURCE_DIR=src tsx watch ./src/main.ts"
+    "dev": "cross-env TRILIUM_ENV=dev TRILIUM_DATA_DIR=data TRILIUM_RESOURCE_DIR=src tsx watch --ignore '../client/node_modules/.vite-temp' ./src/main.ts"
   },
   "main": "./src/main.ts"
 }

apps/server/src/routes/assets.ts

@@ -3,8 +3,9 @@ import path from "path";
 import express from "express";
 import { getResourceDir, isDev } from "../services/utils.js";
 import type serveStatic from "serve-static";
-import proxy from "express-http-proxy";
 import { existsSync } from "fs";
+import { createServer as createViteServer } from "vite";
+import preact from "@preact/preset-vite";
 
 const persistentCacheStatic = (root: string, options?: serveStatic.ServeStaticOptions<express.Response<unknown, Record<string, unknown>>>) => {
     if (!isDev) {
@@ -17,17 +18,24 @@ const persistentCacheStatic = (root: string, options?: serveStatic.ServeStaticOp
 };
 
 async function register(app: express.Application) {
-    const srcRoot = path.join(__dirname, "..");
+    const srcRoot = path.join(__dirname, "..", "..");
     const resourceDir = getResourceDir();
 
     if (isDev) {
-        const publicUrl = process.env.TRILIUM_PUBLIC_SERVER;
+        const vite = await createViteServer({
-        if (!publicUrl) {
+            base: `/${assetUrlFragment}/`,
-            throw new Error("Missing TRILIUM_PUBLIC_SERVER");
+            root: path.join(srcRoot, "../client"),
+            plugins: [
+                preact()
+            ],
+            define: {
+                "process.env.IS_PREACT": JSON.stringify("true"),
             }
-        app.use("/" + assetUrlFragment + `/@fs`, proxy(publicUrl, {
+        });
-            proxyReqPathResolver: (req) => "/" + assetUrlFragment + `/@fs` + req.url
+        app.use(`/${assetUrlFragment}/`, (req, res, next) => {
-        }));
+            req.url = `/${assetUrlFragment}` + req.url;
+            vite.middlewares(req, res, next);
+        });
     } else {
         const publicDir = path.join(resourceDir, "public");
         if (!existsSync(publicDir)) {

apps/server/src/services/asset_path.ts

@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 import packageJson from "../../package.json" with { type: "json" };
-import { isDev } from "./utils";
 
 export const assetUrlFragment = `assets/v${packageJson.version}`;
-const assetPath = isDev ? `http://localhost:4200/${assetUrlFragment}` : assetUrlFragment;
+const assetPath = assetUrlFragment;
 
 export default assetPath;