dune-tools/character-builder
Vantz Stockwell 25083d5572 Defend against stale skill-tree JSON cache
A friend on Chrome hit "C.subtrees is not iterable" — Chrome was serving
the previous skill-tree JSON shape ({nodes, edges} at top level) out of
the disk cache while running the new bundle that expects {subtrees}.
Hard reload fixed his session but other users could hit the same.

Three layers of defense:
1. backend/data.controller.ts: Cache-Control switches from
   'public, max-age=3600' to 'no-cache, must-revalidate' so the browser
   always revalidates JSON files against the server.
2. frontend/data.ts: every data fetch gets ?v=2 + cache:'no-cache' to
   bust any existing browser/CDN entry.
3. frontend/data.ts loadSkillTree(): if the response still has the legacy
   shape (no subtrees, but nodes array), wrap it in a single anonymous
   subtree so the UI doesn't crash on iteration.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-05-23 08:33:30 -04:00
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backend Defend against stale skill-tree JSON cache 2026-05-23 08:33:30 -04:00
data Skill tree: subtrees, loadout slots, label fix 2026-05-23 08:21:09 -04:00
frontend Defend against stale skill-tree JSON cache 2026-05-23 08:33:30 -04:00
scripts Skill tree: subtrees, loadout slots, label fix 2026-05-23 08:21:09 -04:00
.dockerignore Add Dune Awakening character builder + initial project scaffolding 2026-05-23 07:30:37 -04:00
docker-compose.yml Use external port 9002 instead of 8080 2026-05-23 07:30:55 -04:00
Dockerfile Add Dune Awakening character builder + initial project scaffolding 2026-05-23 07:30:37 -04:00
README.md Use external port 9002 instead of 8080 2026-05-23 07:30:55 -04:00

Dune Awakening — Character Builder

Plan your character across House, Class, Character XP, Specializations, Faction Standing, and Skill Trees. Shareable via short link.

Stack

  • Frontend: Vue 3 + Vite + TypeScript
  • Backend: NestJS (Node 22, TypeScript)
  • Storage: Valkey (Redis-compatible) for build sharing
  • Data: extracted from ../sample-data/*.html into ./data/*.json via scripts/extract.py

Two containers: app (NestJS serving the SPA + API) and valkey. Wire-up in docker-compose.yml.

Run

docker compose up --build

Then open http://localhost:9002.

Update data

If you save new HTML snapshots into ../sample-data/, re-run the extractor:

uv run python3 scripts/extract.py

This regenerates ./data/*.json, which the container picks up on next build.

API

  • POST /api/builds — body is a build payload (any JSON ≤16 KB). Returns { code } (8-char URL-safe id).
  • GET /api/builds/:code — returns { code, build }.
  • GET /api/data/:file — serves the static JSON tables (allow-listed).

Builds are stored in Valkey with a rolling 1-year TTL (refreshed on each fetch), so popular shared builds don't expire.

Dev (without Docker)

In two terminals:

# backend
cd backend && npm install && VALKEY_URL=redis://localhost:6379 npm run start:dev

# frontend
cd frontend && npm install && npm run dev

The Vite dev server proxies /api/* to localhost:3000.