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⚠️ AppKit is in an early development phase and is subject to change without notice. DO NOT use in production environments.

# Local development

## Prerequisites​

- Node.js v22+ environment with `npm`
- Databricks CLI (v0.287.0 or higher): install and configure it according to the official tutorial.
- A new Databricks app with AppKit installed. See the Quick start for more details.

Once your app is bootstrapped according to the Quick start guide, you can start the development server with hot reload for both UI and backend code.

In the application root directory, run the following command to start the development server:

    npm run dev

This command will start the development server with hot reload for both UI and backend code. Open the displayed URL in your browser to see the app. Modify the code in the `src/` directory to see the changes reflected in the browser.

To see the other available commands, read the `README.md` file in the application root directory.