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Developer guidelines
====================
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If you want to work with the non-minified JavaScript and CSS files you'll soon
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notice that there are references to a missing *node_modules* directory.
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Please follow the instructions below to create these directories and fetch Converse's
3rd-party dependencies.
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Windows environment: We recommend installing the required tools using `Chocolatey <https://chocolatey.org/> `_
You will need Node.js (nodejs.install), Git (git.install) and optionally to build using Makefile, GNU Make (make)
If you have trouble setting up a development environment on Windows,
please read `this post <http://librelist.com/browser//conversejs/2014/11/5/openfire-converse-and-visual-studio-questions/#b28387e7f8f126693b11598a8acbe810> `_
in the mailing list.:
Installing the development and front-end dependencies
-----------------------------------------------------
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We use development tools which depend on Node.js and npm (the Node package manager).
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If you don't have Node.js installed, you can download and install the latest
version `here <https://nodejs.org/download> `_ .
Also make sure you have `` Git `` installed. `Details <http://git-scm.com/book/en/Getting-Started-Installing-Git> `_ .
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Windows users should use Chocolatey as recommended above.
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Debian & Ubuntu users : apt-get install git npm nodejs-legacy
Once you have *Node.js* and *git* installed, run the following command inside the Converse.js
directory:
::
make dev
On Windows you need to specify Makefile.win to be used by running: ::
make -f Makefile.win dev
Or alternatively, if you don't have GNU Make:
::
npm install
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This will install the Node.js development tools and Converse.js's front-end dependencies.
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The front-end dependencies are those javascript files on which
Converse.js directly depends and which will be loaded in the browser.
To see the dependencies, take a look at whats under the *devDependencies* key in
`package.json <https://github.com/jcbrand/converse.js/blob/master/package.json> `_ .
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After running `` ` make dev ` `` , you should now have a new *node_modules* directory
which contains all the external dependencies of Converse.js.
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If these directory does NOT exist, something must have gone wrong.
Double-check the output of `` ` make dev ` `` to see if there are any errors
listed. For support, you can write to the mailing list: conversejs@librelist.com
Loading converse.js and its dependencies
----------------------------------------
With AMD and require.js (recommended)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Converse.js uses `require.js <http://requirejs.org> `_ to asynchronously load dependencies.
If you want to develop or customize converse.js, you'll want to load the
non-minified javascript files.
Add the following two lines to the *<head>* section of your webpage:
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<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" media="screen" href="converse.css">
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<script data-main="main" src="node_modules/requirejs/require.js"></script>
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require.js will then let the main.js file be parsed (because of the *data-main*
attribute on the *script* tag), which will in turn cause converse.js to be
parsed.
Without AMD and require.js
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Converse.js can also be used without require.js. If you for some reason prefer
to use it this way, please refer to
`non_amd.html <https://github.com/jcbrand/converse.js/blob/master/non_amd.html> `_
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for an example of how and in what order all the JavaScript files that converse.js
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depends on need to be loaded.
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Brief description of converse.js's dependencies
-----------------------------------------------
Converse.js relies on the following dependencies:
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* `JQuery <http://jquery.com/> `_ for DOM manipulation and `promises <http://api.jquery.com/promise/> `_ .
* `moment.js <http://momentjs.com/> `_ provides a better API for handling dates and times.
* `Strophe.js <http://strophe.im/> `_ maintains the XMPP session, is used to
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build XMPP stanzas, to send them, and to register handlers for received stanzas.
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* `lodash <https://lodash.com/> `_ provides very useful utility functions.
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* `Backbone <http://backbonejs.org/> `_ is used to model the data as Models and
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Collections and to create Views that render the UI.
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* `backbone.overview <http://github.com/jcbrand/backbone.overview> `_ provides
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Overviews, which are to Views as Backbone Collections are to Models.
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* `pluggable.js <https://github.com/jcbrand/pluggable.js> `_ is the plugin
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architecture for Converse.js. It registers and initializes plugins and
allows existing attributes, functions and objects on converse.js to be
overridden inside plugins.
When submitting a pull request
------------------------------
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Please follow the usual github workflow. Create your own local fork of this repository,
make your changes and then submit a pull request.
Follow the programming style guide
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Please read the `style guide </docs/html/style_guide.html> `_ and make sure that your code follows it.
Add tests for your bugfix or feature
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Add a test for any bug fixed or feature added. We use Jasmine
for testing.
Take a look at `tests.html <https://github.com/jcbrand/converse.js/blob/master/tests.html> `_
and the `spec files <https://github.com/jcbrand/converse.js/blob/master/tests.html> `_
to see how tests are implemented.
Check that the tests pass
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Check that all tests complete sucessfully.
Run `` make check `` in your terminal or open `tests.html <https://github.com/jcbrand/converse.js/blob/master/tests.html> `_
in your browser.
