Quickly Update Static Content on WildFly Server - wildfly

Question

I have web application that is deployed to a local WildFly server. I am currently working on the front-end and am having troubles testing the data calls. All of my data gathering is done via AJAX and thus requires that I be on an actual server to silence any Cross-Site issues. This isn't a problem, but it is very time-consuming to re-deploy the entire application just to tweak a line of javascript.
I have successfully been able to deploy an exploded war. However, this forces a re-deploy when I saved the file. Is there a way for me to have it automatically update static content quickly without re-deploying?

Answer 1

You can also use this CORSFilter I think I found
here. There are plenty around.
This will add Access-Control-Allow-* headers to responses which in turn prevents the client from rejecting the reply as it would otherwise do for security reasons.
I have it included in my web app (for now), running on http://localhost:8080
and I can then run my grunt/gulp/node server on
http://localhost:8000 on the same machine w/ livereload ''as
usual'' doing requests between the servers.
I am a backend architect and I haven't done much frontend so there
might be better sollutions around; this is how I solved it today.
The CORSFilter:
#Singleton
#Provider
public class CORSFilter implements ContainerResponseFilter {
#Override
public void filter(final ContainerRequestContext requestContext, final ContainerResponseContext cres)
throws IOException {
cres.getHeaders().add("Access-Control-Allow-Origin", "*");
cres.getHeaders().add("Access-Control-Allow-Headers", "origin, content-type, accept, authorization");
cres.getHeaders().add("Access-Control-Allow-Credentials", "true");
cres.getHeaders().add("Access-Control-Allow-Methods", "GET, POST, PUT, DELETE, OPTIONS, HEAD");
cres.getHeaders().add("Access-Control-Max-Age", "1209600");
}
}

Answer 2

Probably not the answer you hoped for; but you another way is to use the right front-end development tools. For example: Webpack (http://webpack.github.io/) to build and test your front-end while mocking your REST-backend. That way you can also easily unit test your JavaScript front-end.