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FastAPI Lets Development Start Before the Frontend Build Exists

FastAPI introduces an automatic directory-check mode for app.frontend. In a development environment, a missing frontend build directory produces a warning; outside that environment, the default check remains strict.

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Vite Makes a Closed File Watcher Stay Closed

Vite wraps its file watcher so that adding a watched file after shutdown begins cannot reopen it. The patch targets late calls from plugins and…

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Web Development

A Word-Boundary Fix Helps Vite Find TypeScript Imports

Vite now distinguishes the word “type” from longer import names such as “typescript” during dependency scanning. The correction is small, but it prevents ordinary JavaScript…

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