Update web & desktop viewer learning tutorial to use degit, and new iTwin Vite template #8352
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pankhur94
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- Following Moving web-viewer-template from cra to vite viewer#379 & Moving desktop-viewer-template from cra to vite viewer#383 updating learning docs.
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Co-authored-by: Ben Polinsky <[email protected]>
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| - [Install necessary prerequisites](./development-prerequisites.md). | ||
| - From a terminal, `npx create-react-app your-app-name --template @itwin/desktop-viewer --scripts-version @bentley/react-scripts` | ||
| - From a terminal, `npx degit iTwin/viewer/packages/templates/desktop#master your-app-name` |
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do we really need to specify the master branch? shouldnt that just be the default?
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Yes, you are right, degit clones the default branch anyway if none is specified. I just included it for clarity.
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| 5. Give your application a Name | |||
| 6. Select **Native** as the Application Type | |||
| 7. Select the `itwin-platform` scope | |||
| 8. Set the **Redirect URL** to `http://localhost:3000/signin-callback` | |||
| 9. Set the **Post logout redirect URIs** to `http://localhost:3000` | |||
| 8. Set the **Redirect URL** to `http://localhost:3001/signin-callback` | |||
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did we need to change the port? this port should match what the default port is used in the apim portal upon creation
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We changed this because in desktop(electron), we cannot have the same port for running the app and redirect/signin uri. I believe we do get an option to change the redirect, sigining url when creating our apps.
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