Does anyone else notice it takes a really long time when switching between the Prototyper feature and within the Code Workspace for the Gemini window to pop-up? Ideally, since they’re both different user experiences and I’ve been using prototyper long enough that I’m getting familiar with development, I wouldn’t mind doing more in the Code Workspace to have more granular control and seeing more of the behind the scenes to start learning more. But I wouldn’t be in there exclusively since I need to the comfort and speed of Prototyper to just do things magjcally with me asking and less intervention from me.
But since it takes soooo long to switch back and forth, it doesn’t really make that feasible for me at the moment. Do other people experience the long lag between switching? Has anyone figured out any tricks or tips to reduce the lag?
I feel where you’re coming from.
Instead of switching between views, I encourage multiple tabs.
To use Firebase studio effectively, I have three window open at all times.
- Live Public Preview of App
- Prototype view with developer tools on console pinned to the right side.
- Code view with terminal open and toggle between output window for server logs.
I would like to have the preview window work so that I could just use the bottom two windows listed above. But it would be even better if the prototyper was integrated into code view, like the Agent is in Replit.
I also have the community forums and my live production site open, so we’re at 5 tabs on average.
I recommend using code view and becoming familiar with it, because while rapid prototyping and development is easy with the prototyper, without a CI/CD pipeline and command line comfort, you will experience blockers when attempting to publish your app.
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