vite-plus usage for traditional backend + SPA monorepo.

[jaskp]

Hi, does vite-plus support (or plan to support) monorepos that include a Vite app for frontend and an Express app for backend? So I would assume vp dev would internally run vite for frontend and something like node --watch/tsx watch/nodemon/ts-node-dev/etc. for backend.

[dikue]

I can't answer your question regarding vp, but I might have a solution for your issue.
You could configure turbo for your monorepo. It's not much to configure and probably does what you're looking for.
https://turborepo.dev/

[wyf027]

Yes, but I would model it through vp run, not as one vp dev command that owns both processes.

vp dev is the Vite dev server side. For a frontend + Express workspace, put a dev script/task in each package, for example:

// packages/web/package.json
{ "scripts": { "dev": "vp dev" } }

// packages/api/package.json
{ "scripts": { "dev": "tsx watch src/server.ts" } }

Then run both from the workspace root with Vite Task:

vp run -r --parallel --filter @repo/web --filter @repo/api dev

If you define them under run.tasks instead of package scripts, set cache: false for long-running dev/watch tasks. Use dependsOn for finite prerequisite tasks such as build, check, or codegen that should complete before another task starts; it is not a good fit for a server/watch process that is expected to keep running.

Relevant docs: vp run workspace/filter/parallel mode is covered in https://viteplus.dev/guide/run, and task fields such as command, dependsOn, and cache: false are in https://viteplus.dev/config/run.