Questions around dfx.json and request for improved dfx.json docs

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Hey folks!

Can anyone provide more clarification around the dfx.json specifications?

Specific questions are:

  1. What are all the potential canister types and how do they all function?
  2. Where can I see how the assets canister type functions and read more about the dependencies and source arguments
  3. How can I learn more about the assets pipeline on assets type canisters. eg. if I wanted to replace the front end with a Gatsbyjs front end or Next.is frontend, how would I use that assets pipeline for the frontend instead of the default assets pipeline in the hello example?

Also if the docs are open source, shoot me a link and Iā€™d love to contribute clearer dfx.json docs once I get answers here.

Thanks!

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Planning to dig into the source code when I get a moment. But if anyone gets to this first, any pointers or even links to relevant source code would be awesome!

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For anyone else who reads this, this seems to mostly explain the dfx.json config.

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I also spent some time exploring locally and wrote up this article which explained most of the questions I had. Hopefully it help you also!

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