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diff --git a/doc/user/project/web_ide/index.md b/doc/user/project/web_ide/index.md index 511ac2d7e79..992f97e2284 100644 --- a/doc/user/project/web_ide/index.md +++ b/doc/user/project/web_ide/index.md @@ -72,5 +72,37 @@ leaving the Web IDE. Click the dropdown in the top of the sidebar to open a list of branches. You will need to commit or discard all your changes before switching to a different branch. +## Clientside Evaluation + +> [Introduced in](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/merge_requests/19764) [GitLab Core][ce] 11.2. + +The Web IDE can be used to preview JavaScript projects right in the browser. This +feature uses CodeSandbox to compile and bundle the JavaScript used to preview. +On public projects, a `Open in CodeSandbox` button visible which will take +the files and contents of the project and load it into a CodeSandbox project. +**Note** this button is not visible on private or internal projects. + + + +### Enabling Clientside Evaluation + +The Clientside Evaluation feature needs to be enabled inside of the GitLab instances +admin settings. + + + +Once it has been enabled in application settings, projects with a `package.json` file +and a `main` entry point can be previewed inside of the Web IDE. An example `package.json` +is below. + +```json +{ + "main": "index.js", + "dependencies": { + "vue": "latest" + } +} +``` + [ce]: https://about.gitlab.com/pricing/ [ee]: https://about.gitlab.com/pricing/ |