* Add USE_SERVICE_WORKER setting
This will be very useful setting for anyone doing frontend work.
Fixes: https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/issues/9044
* prevent potential syntax error on old browsers
@ -118,8 +118,9 @@ Values containing `#` or `;` must be quoted using `` ` `` or `"""`.
- `DEFAULT_THEME`: **gitea**: \[gitea, arc-green\]: Set the default theme for the Gitea install.
- `THEMES`: **gitea,arc-green**: All available themes. Allow users select personalized themes
regardless of the value of `DEFAULT_THEME`.
- `DEFAULT_SHOW_FULL_NAME`: false: Whether the full name of the users should be shown where possible. If the full name isn't set, the username will be used.
- `SEARCH_REPO_DESCRIPTION`: true: Whether to search within description at repository search on explore page.
- `DEFAULT_SHOW_FULL_NAME`: **false**: Whether the full name of the users should be shown where possible. If the full name isn't set, the username will be used.
- `SEARCH_REPO_DESCRIPTION`: **true**: Whether to search within description at repository search on explore page.
- `USE_SERVICE_WORKER`: **true**: Whether to enable a Service Worker to cache frontend assets.
To generate the CSS, you will need [Node.js](https://nodejs.org/) 8.0 or greater with npm. At present we use [less](http://lesscss.org/) and [postcss](https://postcss.org) to generate our CSS. Do **not** edit the files in `public/css` directly, as they are generated from `lessc` from the files in `public/less`.
To generate the CSS, you need [Node.js](https://nodejs.org/) 8.0 or greater with npm. We use [less](http://lesscss.org/) and [postcss](https://postcss.org) to generate our CSS. Do **not** edit the files in `public/css` directly, as they are generated from `lessc` from the files in `public/less`.
Edit files in `public/less`, run the linter, regenerate the CSS and commit all changed files:
Edit files in `public/less`, and then run the linter and build the CSS files via:
```bash
make css
@ -148,12 +148,14 @@ make css
### Updating JS
To run the JavaScript linter you will need [Node.js](https://nodejs.org/) 8.0 or greater with npm. Edit files in `public/js` and run the linter:
To generate the JS files, you need [Node.js](https://nodejs.org/) 8.0 or greater with npm. Edit files in `public/js`, run the linter and build the JS files via:
```bash
make js
```
Note: When working on frontend code, it is advisable to set `USE_SERVICE_WORKER` to `false` in `app.ini` which will prevent undesirable caching of frontend assets.
### Updating the API
When creating new API routes or modifying existing API routes, you **MUST**