develop working

.gitignore

@@ -159,3 +159,5 @@ cython_debug/
 #  option (not recommended) you can uncomment the following to ignore the entire idea folder.
 #.idea/
 junit.xml
+
+tests/dummy/

jupyter_builder/base_extension_app.py

@@ -11,8 +11,9 @@
 
 from jupyter_core.application import JupyterApp, base_aliases, base_flags
 from traitlets import Bool, Instance, List, Unicode, default
+from jupyter_core.paths import jupyter_path
 
-from .coreconfig import CoreConfig
+#from .coreconfig import CoreConfig
 from .debug_log_file_mixin import DebugLogFileMixin
 
 # from .commands import (
@@ -118,11 +119,11 @@ class BaseExtensionApp(JupyterApp, DebugLogFileMixin):
     name = "lab"
 
     # Not configurable!
-    core_config = Instance(CoreConfig, allow_none=True)
+    #core_config = Instance(CoreConfig, allow_none=True)
 
     app_dir = Unicode("", config=True, help="The app directory to target")
 
-    should_build = Bool(True, config=True, help="Whether to build the app after the action")
+    # should_build = Bool(True, config=True, help="Whether to build the app after the action")
 
     dev_build = Bool(
         None,
@@ -137,25 +138,27 @@ class BaseExtensionApp(JupyterApp, DebugLogFileMixin):
         help="Whether to minimize a production build (defaults to True).",
     )
 
-    should_clean = Bool(
-        False,
-        config=True,
-        help="Whether temporary files should be cleaned up after building jupyterlab",
-    )
+    # should_clean = Bool(
+    #     False,
+    #     config=True,
+    #     help="Whether temporary files should be cleaned up after building jupyterlab",
+    # )
 
-    splice_source = Bool(False, config=True, help="Splice source packages into app directory.")
+    # splice_source = Bool(False, config=True, help="Splice source packages into app directory.")
 
     labextensions_path = List(
         Unicode(),
         help="The standard paths to look in for prebuilt JupyterLab extensions",
     )
 
-    @default("labextensions_path")
-    def _default_labextensions_path(self):
+    # @default("labextensions_path")
+    # def _default_labextensions_path(self):
         # lab = LabApp()
         # lab.load_config_file()
         # return lab.extra_labextensions_path + lab.labextensions_path
-        return "Ronan"
+    @default("labextensions_path")
+    def _default_labextensions_path(self) -> list[str]:
+        return jupyter_path("labextensions")
 
     @default("splice_source")
     def _default_splice_source(self):

jupyter_builder/extension_commands/develop.py

@@ -1,14 +1,25 @@
 # Copyright (c) Jupyter Development Team.
 # Distributed under the terms of the Modified BSD License.
 
+from copy import copy
 import os
+
 from traitlets import Bool, Unicode
 from ..base_extension_app import BaseExtensionApp
 from ..federated_extensions import develop_labextension_py
+from jupyter_core.application import base_flags
+
+flags = dict(base_flags)
+develop_flags = copy(flags)
+develop_flags["overwrite"] = (
+    {"DevelopLabExtensionApp": {"overwrite": True}},
+    "Overwrite files",
+)
 
 class DevelopLabExtensionApp(BaseExtensionApp):
     description = "(developer) Develop labextension"
-
+
+    flags = develop_flags
     user = Bool(False, config=True, help="Whether to do a user install")
     sys_prefix = Bool(True, config=True, help="Use the sys.prefix as the prefix")
     overwrite = Bool(False, config=True, help="Whether to overwrite files") #flags