Using Supernova Cloud

Cloud Builds

You can run any installed exporter right from the Cloud environment. To do that, navigate to Supernova Cloud > Code Integration > Build. You will see an interface that, if you never used it, will have only one option — to create a new build.

You can build code for any design system using any exporter right from this interface

You can build code for any design system using any exporter right from this interface

A "build" in Supernova represents a single run of a specific exporter, that points to a specific design system and version. Compared to the VS Code extension where the exporters run locally on your machine, requesting a build will trigger our own SaaS export platform.

To request a new build, click on the + NEW button. You will be presented with a dialog asking you what combination of exporter / design system / version you want to build.

Dialog asking for combination to build

Dialog asking for combination to build

In this example, we are using a Flutter Exporter that we previously installed to provide us code from a design system called Magic Wand and we are specifically asking for the data from the Shared Draft version.

When you RUN a build, it will be queued on our CI/CD servers and will generate the code on your behalf. You can stay on the same page - it will automatically refresh when the code is ready.

Build scheduled. Exporters generally run very fast — within a few seconds

Build scheduled. Exporters generally run very fast — within a few seconds

When the build succeeds, you can download the code as a .zip file immediately.

It is worth noting that you can have an unlimited number of builds for an unlimited number of exporters - there is no limit.