[GH-ISSUE #181] Build doesn't seem to change anything (WAMP64 in Windows 10) #160

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opened 2026-02-26 01:35:18 +03:00 by kerem · 2 comments

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2026-02-26 01:35:18 +03:00

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Originally created by @PDDeane on GitHub (Jul 15, 2017).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/JLiscom/OpenNote/issues/181

Hey, I just spent a frustrating time trying to get small edits to source code to be reflected on a localhost web service on my machine, and I'm at my wit's end.

Setup: WAMP64 (Apache, Mysql, PHP) on a Windows 10 machine. Installed angular successfully. Installed composer, bower, npm, grunt all successfully.

Then I changed a word in a partials file -- not code, just part of the web page to be displayed, and then went through the whole build procedure several times, apparently successfully; at least npm, grunt/bower, and composer seemed happy enough. Nonetheless, each time, the original text from the partial file is what gets displayed, not the changed file that I ran the build over.

Cleared the browser cache. Cleaned out the pouchdb. Turned off caching on the Apache server, and verified that a straight .html file changed at once when edited after I did that.

None of that seemed to help. If I pulled the web directory for OpenNote out of the www directory and cleared the browser cache, I'd get file not found, but then the moment I put a freshly built copy of the web directory back in, it would display the original text again.

I am at my wit's end here. Advice?

Originally created by @PDDeane on GitHub (Jul 15, 2017). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/JLiscom/OpenNote/issues/181 Hey, I just spent a frustrating time trying to get small edits to source code to be reflected on a localhost web service on my machine, and I'm at my wit's end. Setup: WAMP64 (Apache, Mysql, PHP) on a Windows 10 machine. Installed angular successfully. Installed composer, bower, npm, grunt all successfully. Then I changed a word in a partials file -- not code, just part of the web page to be displayed, and then went through the whole build procedure several times, apparently successfully; at least npm, grunt/bower, and composer seemed happy enough. Nonetheless, each time, the original text from the partial file is what gets displayed, not the changed file that I ran the build over. Cleared the browser cache. Cleaned out the pouchdb. Turned off caching on the Apache server, and verified that a straight .html file changed at once when edited after I did that. None of that seemed to help. If I pulled the web directory for OpenNote out of the www directory and cleared the browser cache, I'd get file not found, but then the moment I put a freshly built copy of the web directory back in, it would display the original text again. I am at my wit's end here. Advice?

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kerem commented

2026-02-26 01:35:19 +03:00

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@PDDeane commented on GitHub (Jul 15, 2017):

Well, whaddaya know. No sooner did I post this than I half solved the problem when I finally figured out how to clear the appcache in Chrome.

Now a change I made to one of the partials that is directly loaded by index.html (NavBarPartial.html) is displaying, but a change I made to folderPartial.html, which is indirectly loaded, is still showing the original.

@PDDeane commented on GitHub (Jul 15, 2017): Well, whaddaya know. No sooner did I post this than I half solved the problem when I finally figured out how to clear the appcache in Chrome. Now a change I made to one of the partials that is directly loaded by index.html (NavBarPartial.html) is displaying, but a change I made to folderPartial.html, which is indirectly loaded, is still showing the original.

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2026-02-26 01:35:19 +03:00

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@JLiscom commented on GitHub (Jul 21, 2017):

In chrome dev tools click disable cache and refresh. Your changes should be reflected like normal as long as dev tools are open.

This is due to OpenNote being an offline HTML5 app. It uses a manifest which tells the browser to cache a bunch of stuff so the site can still work offline. I use it on my phone all the time.

@JLiscom commented on GitHub (Jul 21, 2017): In chrome dev tools click disable cache and refresh. Your changes should be reflected like normal as long as dev tools are open. ![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/886680/28449964-0ad4843e-6d99-11e7-9ebe-20f1922a19f3.png) This is due to OpenNote being an offline HTML5 app. It uses a manifest which tells the browser to cache a bunch of stuff so the site can still work offline. I use it on my phone all the time.