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Contributing to LIPS

First off, thank you to consider contributing to LIPS! Few things to consider when contributing:

  • JavaScript code that can be modified is located in lib/js and src directory use ES6 ESNext code you can use ES6 classes (initial code was not using ES6 classes because I don't like them, but since then I started to use them more). You can use any new feature of the language.
  • Writing Scheme code should not use named lets and recursion on lists (because LIPS as of now, don't have TCO).
  • New Scheme functions that are not part of R5RS and R7RS specs should be first discussed in issue.
  • If you want to know what function is missing execute ./scripts/todo.scm.
  • Spelling and grammar fixes in function and macros doc strings are welcome, the same for any place were there is written text.
  • I will not accept any external dependencies (as for now only bn.js is used in browser) except for Node.js REPL where there can be additional packages used.
  • Any breaking change should be first discussed in issue, but it probably will not be be merged unless the current behavior seems like bug.
  • Any PRs should be added into devel branch.

How to contribute

  • first fork the repo, then you need to clone it and change into devel branch:
git clone git@github.com:<YOUR NAME>/lips.git
cd lips
git checkout devel

Then you install dependencies:

npm install

Building a project is simple, just execute:

make

Make assume Unix like system with standard Unix tools like sed, cp, rm, cat. Make use Rollup and Babel for creating UMD file in ./dist directory.

Documentation

When you work on documentation you need to work on the docs directory. The website/documentation is written in Docusaurus and is a different npm project.

After you clone the repo if your changes are related to the latest version:

git checkout master
cd docs
npm install

Then to start the website locally use:

npm run start

After your changes, you can also check if the website is working when build:

npm run build && npm run serve

This is only required when making bigger changes to the React code of the website. The most important is testing the build when making changes to the REPL.

Unit tests

Unit Tests are written in AVA JavaScript framework, but whole code is in Scheme (./tests/*.scm files), except small bootstrap script in tests/test.js file. Ava support async tests that's why it was chosen. Old Jest tests (in ./spec/lips.spec.js) are obsolete and are only left as reference for creating same tests in Scheme.

To run tests execute:

make test

when tests are failing and single test is the problem you can speed it up, but running single test file after fixing the issue:

make test-file FILE=ports.scm

This will run single Scheme test file.

If your code don't pass tests it will be not merged. You can run tests locally, but they will also run in CI (by Travis).

ESLint

LIPS use ESLint to check the code syntax. If your code fail linter it will also not be merged. Linter is also executed by Travis. To run ESLint execute:

make lint