App Builder

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App Builder

The App Builder is the extension's workbench for building apps that run inside the RocketRide shell. The loop (create, design, package, deploy) and how pipelines fit into an app are documented in the App Builder guide. This page covers the extension surface around it.

Opening it

• RocketRide: New App in the command palette (or New App in the sidebar's app list) scaffolds an app into apps/ and opens the builder.
• Switch the RocketRide sidebar to apps mode: MY APPS lists the .rrapp-bound apps found in your open workspace folders. Clicking a row opens its App Builder.
• Opening an app's <name>.rrapp file opens the builder for that app.

Settings

Setting	Default	Meaning
rocketride.appdev.autoWatch	true	Start the watch session automatically when an App Builder opens
rocketride.appdev.shellUrl	""	Override the preview shell base URL (empty = the Development Mode engine). The origin must match the connected server, or the preview can't see your dev overlay

Debugging

Press F5 (Debug App) to open the previewed app in an external browser with the debugger attached.

See the App Builder guide for everything else, and the Shell API for the hooks and descriptor the scaffold gives you.