Gatter

Development Quick Start

• Run app in development mode: npm run dev --prefix frontend
• Build electron app: npm run ebuild --prefix frontend

Development Environment Setup

Windows 10

Environment Dependencies

• Windows Terminal: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/p/windows-terminal/9n0dx20hk701
• PowerShell >= 5.1: Included in Windows 10, $PSVersionTable to confirm.
• git: https://git-scm.com/download/win
• Node.js: https://nodejs.org/en/download/
• Python >= 3.10: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/p/python-310/9pjpw5ldxlz5
• Poetry: https://python-poetry.org/

Fork and Clone This Repository

• From https://github.com/JPHutchins/gatter, "Fork" the repository to your own Github account.
• Open Windows Terminal (Windows PowerShell) and navigate to the desired parent folder for your clone, e.g. cd ~/repos
• Clone your fork: git clone git@github.com:<YOUR_GITHUB_ACCOUNT>/gatter.git

Setup Environment and Install Application Dependencies

• Open Windows Terminal (Windows PowerShell) and navigate to the root of this repository clone, e.g. cd ~/repos/gatter
• Install the Python dependencies:

  cd backend
  poetry install
  tox  # run tests to confirm environment setup
  cd ..
  

• Install the JavaScript dependencies:

  cd frontend
  npm install
  cd ..
  

Run the application

From repo root: npm run dev --prefix frontend

You could also run the frontend and backend separately in two terminals:

• from /backend: poetry run python3 -m gatterserver
• from /frontend: npm start