Azornes-Comfyui-LayerForge/Doc/BUILDING.md

Building the Frontend

LayerForge uses TypeScript for its frontend source and compiles it to JavaScript for use in the browser.

Requirements

• Node.js, which includes npm
• Python checks are documented in TESTING.md.

Install dependencies

Before the first build, open a terminal in the project root and install the development dependencies:

npm install

Build the project

Run the following command from the project root to compile TypeScript and copy the CSS and HTML assets:

.\\build.bat

The build script:

1. Copies files from src/css to js/css.
2. Copies files from src/templates to js/templates.
3. Compiles TypeScript files from src into JavaScript files in js.

The generated files in js/ are served by ComfyUI. Keep src/ as the source of truth and rebuild after changing TypeScript, CSS, or template files.

Watch mode

To rebuild automatically whenever TypeScript, CSS, or HTML files in src change, run:

.\\node_modules\\.bin\\nodemon.cmd --watch src --ext ts,css,html --exec .\\build.bat

This uses nodemon to watch the src directory and run build.bat after a source change.