Development Mode

The debug attribute in the core.properties file can be used to switch between development and production modes.

• In development mode (debug="true") views include individual JavaScript source code files, which allows client-side JavaScript debugging using Firebug, but makes the views slower to load.
• In production mode (debug="false") views include only two minimized JavaScript files (all comments and white space stripped, variable and function names shortened, multiple files are merged into one), which makes the views faster to load, but makes the client-side debugging difficult.

The development/production mode switch does not affect view file caching. In either mode:

• Compiled view files are not cached. If you change the compiled view file (JSP), you need to refresh the page in the browser.
• JavaScript and CSS files may be cached by the browser, depending on your browser settings. If you change a JavaScript or CSS file, you might need to restart the browser.
• Java classes, such as workflow rule handlers, are loaded by Web Central server on startup. If you change a Java class, you need to recompile it, copy the JAR file into the WEB-INF\lib folder, and restart the server.