Better Way To Manage Cache

[harshkhandeparkar]

Fixes #[Add issue number here.]

What this does is that the cache button will be visible only when a new version is available.

• The versions are added to the manifest.json file.
• There are 2 versions, beta and normal version.
• Beta version only works for beta.sequencer.publiclab.org and the other one for sequencer.publiclab.org
• If the beta version is updated (it should be updated in each pr) and the code is pushed to the main website, the main website will not receive a notification for updating the file.
• If the main version is bumped, the main site wilk get updates.
• Initially both versions have been set to 3.0.0(no specific reason).
• Versions can only be bumped.
• This functionality doesn't work on localhost, on localhost or 127.0.0.1, the cache button will always be visible.

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[harshkhandeparkar]

@jywarren @publiclab/is-reviewers

[jywarren]

This is looking nice! Thank you for working to improve our caching -- which of these could we address in this way?

#910 #605

And also the idea of not having cache run at all in development locally? Thanks!!!

[harshkhandeparkar]

Ok @jywarren. I will work on all the points in #605 which aren't checked. One thing is the binding the cache with the npm version. I'm not very about that. Currently I have tried to add the cache versions to the manifest file and there are two different cache versions, one for beta and one for the stable site. Is that good? Should the cache be changed?