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Development Environment Setup

Developers need a Unix-ish environment for local development. This README provides instructions for developing on MacOS and Windows+WSL2 (using Ubuntu).

We recommend using VS Code as the code editor of choice.

In general, the necessary tools are:

  • Bash
  • A standard C toolchain (notably, a C compiler and make)
  • Git
  • Docker
  • Go
  • Go analysis tools: gopls, dlv, dlv-dap, gopkgs, go-outline, goplay, gomodifytags, impl, gotests, staticcheck
  • goimports (Used by scripts/dev gql)
  • Node.js
  • Yarn
  • Ruby
  • direnv
  • pre-commit (Installation requires Python)
  • psql (Postgres command-line client)
  • jq (Used for preprocessing Swagger JSON files)
  • go-swagger (Used for generating Go code based on Swagger files)

Basic Prerequisites

MacOS: Developers will need Homebrew to install dependencies, which can be installed with /usr/bin/ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)".

Windows: Developers will need to install WSL2, set up an Ubuntu distro, then configure VS Code to work with WSL2.

  • In Powershell running as admin, run wsl --install.
  • Reboot your computer to finish WSL installation.
  • In a regular Powershell window, run wsl --set-default-version 2, then run wsl --install -d Ubuntu.
  • In VSCode, install the Remote - WSL extension (ID: ms-vscode-remote.remote-sdl).

For developers on Windows+WSL, this repository should be cloned onto the Ubuntu filesystem. All installation instructions below should be run from within the Ubuntu environment, except for setting up Docker.

When working on the terminal in WSL, you may see the occasional ERROR: UtilConnectToInteropServer:307 error message. This is caused by this WSL issue. The easiest fix is to define a Bash function from this comment on that issue, then run that function whenever you see that error.

Bash

MacOS: Developers will need to install the bash shell.

  • Ensure you are using the latest version of bash for this project:

    • Install it with Homebrew: brew install bash

    • Update list of shells that users can choose from:

      [[ $(cat /etc/shells | grep /usr/local/bin/bash) ]] \
|| echo "/usr/local/bin/bash" | sudo tee -a /etc/shells

    • If you are using bash as your shell (and not zsh, fish, etc) and want to use the latest shell as well, then change it (optional): chsh -s /usr/local/bin/bash

    • Ensure that /usr/local/bin comes before /bin on your $PATH by running echo $PATH. Modify your path by editing ~/.bashrc or ~/.bash_profile and changing the PATH. Then source your profile with source ~/.bashrc or ~/.bash_profile to ensure that your terminal has it.

Windows+WSL: Ubuntu set up with WSL already has Bash as its default shell.

C Toolchain

The Go analysis tools and the frontend package node-sass depend on having a basic C toolchain installed.

MacOS: Developers should have this installed by default.

Windows+WSL: Developers can install this with sudo apt install build-essential.

Git

MacOS: brew install git

Windows+WSL: The default Ubuntu installation should have a recent version of Git installed. To install the latest version of Git, see the official installation instructions.

Docker (with docker-compose)

MacOS:

brew cask install docker
brew install docker-completion docker-compose docker-compose-completion

Now you will need to start the Docker service: run Spotlight and type in "docker", then select "Docker Desktop" in the results.

Windows+WSL:

  • Install Docker Desktop for Windows.
  • Enable WSL2 integration with the installed Ubuntu distro.
    • Open Docker Desktop
    • Click the gear icon to open settings
    • Under Resources -> WSL Integration, enable the switch for "Ubuntu" under the "Enable integration with additional distros" heading.

Go

MacOS: Install the latest version of Go with brew install go.

Windows+WSL:

  • Download the .tar.gz file for the latest version of Go for Linux from the official Go site, making sure to save it to the Ubuntu filesystem. The easiest way to do this is to copy the download link, then use wget to download it on the command line, i.e. wget https://golang.org/dl/go1.17.3.linux-amd64.tar.gz. This will download the .tar.gz to the current directory.
  • From the directory containing the .tar.gz file, extract it to /usr/local/go, i.e. with sudo tar -C /usr/local -xzf go1.17.3.linux-amd64.tar.gz.
  • Add /usr/local/go/bin to your PATH. The easiest way to do this is to add the following to your ~/.bashrc file:
export PATH="$PATH:/usr/local/go/bin"

Go tooling

Both MacOS and Windows+WSL developers will need to add the GOBIN environment variable (which defaults to $GOPATH/bin) to their PATH, so tools installed with go install can be called from the command line. Add the following to your ~/.bashrc file:

export PATH="$PATH:$(go env GOPATH)/bin"

Goimports

The goimports tool is used by scripts/dev gql to clean up autogenerated code. To install it, run go install golang.org/x/tools/cmd/goimports@latest.

Node.js/npm

We currently support Node.js v16 for this repo; Node 17 support is currently blocked by this create-react-app issue.

The easiest way to install this specific version of Node/npm is to use nvm. To install nvm, run

curl -o- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nvm-sh/nvm/v0.39.0/install.sh | bash

Reload your shell, then run nvm install.

Yarn

We use Yarn to manage our JavaScript dependencies. It can be installed with npm install --global yarn.

Ruby

MacOS: Ruby should be installed by default.

Windows+WSL: Install Ruby with sudo apt install ruby-full.

Direnv

MacOS: Install with brew install direnv.

Windows+WSL: Install with sudo apt install direnv.

All developers:

  • Add the following line at the very end of your ~/.bashrc file: eval "$(direnv hook bash)"
  • Restart your shell.
  • To allow direnv in the project directory direnv allow.

Once this is setup, you should see direnv loading/unloading environment variables as you enter or depart from the project directory:

$ cd mint-app
direnv: loading ~/Project/mint-app/.envrc
direnv: export +EXAMPLE_ENV +EXAMPLE_ENV_ADDITIONAL +EXAMPLE_ENV_MORE ... ~PATH
$ cd ..
direnv: unloading
$

Setting up pre-commit Git hooks

This repo uses pre-commit to manage pre-commit Git hooks for maintaining several quality and stylistic standards; see .pre-commit-config.yaml for details.

MacOS: Install with brew install pre-commit.

Windows+WSL:

  • First install Python's pip package manager with sudo apt install python3-pip.
  • Then, install pre-commit with pip install pre-commit. This should install pre-commit in the ~/.local/bin directory.
  • Add this directory to your PATH. Add the following to ~/.bashrc:
export PATH="$PATH:$HOME/.local/bin"

All developers:

  • From the root of this repo, run pre-commit install to set up a Git pre-commit hook in .git/hooks/pre-commit.
  • Then, run pre-commit install-hooks to install the environments for this project's specific hooks.

psql

The Postgres command-line client is needed for running database-related scripting commands, but the database server doesn't need to be installed; it can be handled with Docker.

MacOS: Install with brew install postgres. This installs the Postgres server as well; if this is an issue, see this StackOverflow Q&A for alternatives.

Windows+WSL: Install with sudo apt install postgresql-client.

Installing frontend dependencies

To install the frontend's dependencies, run yarn install --frozen-lockfile. The --frozen-lockfile flag will install the exact versions of all dependencies that are specified in yarn.lock;

jq

jq is used for preprocessing the Swagger file from CEDAR's Intake API, before we run code generation. It may already be installed on your system, but if not:

MacOS: Install with brew install jq.

Windows+WSL:: Download and install with sudo apt-get install jq.

go-swagger

go-swagger is used for generating code based on Swagger files that describe the CEDAR APIs.

We currently use v.0.28.0 of this tool, and the binaries for it can be found here. M1 Mac users should use the arm64 binaries, while other Linux distros should be able to use the amd64 binaries.

VSCode-specific tools

Windows+WSL: From the Ubuntu command line, navigate to the root of this repository, then run code . to open VS Code with this repository opened.

All developers:

  • Windows+WSL: The GitLens extension will likely not work. It is dependent on another extension which VSCode installs on the windows side. If it doesn't work, you can safely ignore it.
  • The Go extension should prompt you to install the analysis tools it uses. Install all of them. See these instructions for more details.

Starting the application

With all dependencies installed, you should be able to start the application. See these instructions on how to use the development script to run the application locally.