`aws.xxxRef` Resources Creates Unneeded TF Resources For `tf-aws`

[hasanaburayyan]

I tried this:

bring aws;

new aws.BucketRef("blah");

wing compile -t tf-aws

THEN

tf apply

This happened:

~40 some resources are going to be made

I expected this:

No resources

Is there a workaround?

No response

Anything else?

I think this is because the ui fields we add for interacting with Refs in the simulator, and they are being turned into lambda functions in AWS

Wing Version

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[eladb]

Oh, seems like this is the resources used for the ui elements, no @Chriscbr ?

[Chriscbr]

Oh, seems like this is the resources used for the ui elements, no @Chriscbr ?

Yup 👍

Perhaps for now we can disable the ui elements from creating various child resources when you're compiling to non-sim targets, since Wing Console only works with simulated apps at the moment. ie

if app.target != "sim" {
  // existing logic
}

[eladb]

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