Hello, guys!
I am developing a custom node and testing it on a local n8n on Docker. After writing the code in the node repository, I compile it, then take the /dist folder and replace the previous similar folder in the /custom folder with it. Then I restart Docker, and only then can I test my node.
Is there an easier way to debug a node? For example, so that when I change the code in the node repository, I can immediately see the changes in the n8n environment?
I would recommend simply running locally via pnpm in watch mode.
If you 100% need to use docker, then you will need to deal with restarting dockeron each change. This is not very pleasant or fast for development.
git clone https://github.com/n8n-io/n8n.git cd n8n pnpm install
Create your node in the main repo mkdir packages/nodes-base/nodes/YourNode
pnpm dev
Hope it helps, feel free to mark as Solution if it does.
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