hot_constants first attempt

.env.sample

@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 # STATIC: restart server when changes!
 #-------------------------------------
-RAILS_PORT=7500
+# RAILS_PORT=7500
 
-DATABASE_HOST=localhost
+# DATABASE_HOST=localhost
-DATABASE_NAME=easy-going-rails
+# DATABASE_NAME=easy-going-rails
-DATABASE_USER=$DATABASE_NAME
+# DATABASE_USER=$DATABASE_NAME
-DATABASE_PASSWORD=$DATABASE_NAME
+# DATABASE_PASSWORD=$DATABASE_NAME
 
 # HOT CONSTANTS
 #--------------
@@ -13,3 +13,6 @@ STIMULUS_DEBUG=false
 LOG_ACTIVE_RECORD=false
 LOG_ACTION_VIEW=false
 
+INTEGER=1
+STRING=""
+BOOLEAN=true

TODO.md

@@ -32,8 +32,9 @@ New Notes
 
 * [x] Use hotwire_livereload instead of rails_live_reload
   * [x] nope, because rails_live_reload is more clever (and sooner) than hotwire_livereload
-* [x] LiveConstants
+* [x] HotConstants
   * [x] monkeypatch rails-live-reload
+  * [ ] meta-programming
 * [x] Flash message
   * [x] https://reinteractive.com/articles/how-to-create-flash-messages-in-Rails-7
 * [x] Minitest

app/views/layouts/application.html.erb

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
     <%= tag :meta, name: :viewport, content: 'width=device-width,initial-scale=1' %>
     <% if Rails.env.development? %>
       <%= tag :meta, name: 'turbo-prefetch', content: false %>
-      <%= tag :meta, name: 'stimulus-debug', content: LiveConstants.stimulus_debug %>
+      <%= tag :meta, name: 'stimulus-debug', content: HotConstants.stimulus_debug %>
     <% end%>
 
     <!-- LINK-->

config/environments/development.rb

@@ -78,8 +78,8 @@ Rails.application.configure do # rubocop:disable Metrics/BlockLength
   routes.default_url_options[:host] = '127.0.0.1'
 
   config.after_initialize do
-    require Rails.root.join('lib', 'hot_constants', 'live_constants')
+    require Rails.root.join('lib', 'hot_constants', 'hot_constants')
-    LiveConstants.reload!
+    HotConstants.reload!
   end
 
   require Rails.root.join('lib', 'formatters', 'ansi_formatter')

doc/index.md

@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+Developer documentation
+======================
+
+Hint
+----
+* Do not use AlpineJs bind:class onto a fontawesome i element, it hangs due to the SVG convert of the i element happening concurrently

lib/hot_constants/hot_constants.rb

@@ -1,11 +1,15 @@
 require 'dotenv'
 
 # Hot Live Constants
-module LiveConstants
+module HotConstants
   HOTENV = {} # rubocop:disable Style/MutableConstant
   LOGGER = SemanticLogger[to_s]
 
   class << self
+    def initialize
+      LOGGER.info('initializing')
+    end
+
     def stimulus_debug = load_boolean('STIMULUS_DEBUG', false)
     def log_active_record = load_boolean('LOG_ACTIVE_RECORD', true)
     def log_action_view = load_boolean('LOG_ACTION_VIEW', true)

lib/monkey_patches/rails_live_reload/watcher.rb

@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 module RailsLiveReload
   # MonkeyPath Watcher
   class Watcher
-    ENV_FILE = Rails.root.join('.env').to_s
     def reload_all
       before_reload(files)
       data = { event: RailsLiveReload::INTERNAL[:socket_events][:reload], files: }.to_json
@@ -10,8 +9,10 @@ module RailsLiveReload
 
     private
 
+    ENV_FILE = Rails.root.join('.env').to_s
+
     def before_reload(files)
-      LiveConstants.reload! if files.find { |change| change[0] == ENV_FILE }
+      HotConstants.reload! if files.find { |change| change[0] == ENV_FILE }
     end
   end
 end