GWT Super Dev Mode - bindAddress - changes not showing

Question

I have used GWT Super Dev Mode since 2.5 without any problems. Recently I upgraded Eclipse and GWT to 2.6 at the same time. Everything seems to work up to the point I make any changes to my code:

1. Start web server - ok
2. Start super dev mode codeserver - initial compile ok
3. Open code server - ok
4. Open page - ok
5. Make code change
6. Hit bookmark "Dev mode on" - compile ok
7. Reload page - no changes!?

I use "-bindAddress 192.168.5.151" in my run configs to be able to browse from different devices. If I remove -bindAddress everything works again. Why?

Answer 1

In GWT 2.6, to make SuperDevMode more secure (and, BTW, it's now enabled by default, so no need to set the devModeRedirectEnabled property any longer), it's now only enabled on localhost or 127.0.0.1 by default.

If you open your browser console you should see a line saying something like:

Ignoring non-whitelisted Dev Mode URL: http://192.168.5.151:9876/

You can whitelist more codeserver URLs using a regexp in the devModeUrlWhitelistRegexp configuration property. FYI, the default configuration would read something like this:

<set-configuration-property name="devModeUrlWhitelistRegexp" value="http://(localhost|127\.0\.0\.1)(:\d+)?/.*" />

In your case, you'd use:

<set-configuration-property name="devModeUrlWhitelistRegexp" value="http://(mymachinename|192\.168\.5\.151)(:\d+)?/.*" />

BTW, this was explicitly called out in the release notes: http://www.gwtproject.org/release-notes.html#Release_Notes_2_6_0