This article outlines how to get Dashy running in a development environment, and outlines the basics of the architecture.
If you're adding new features, you may want to check out the [Development Guides](./docs/development-guides.md) docs, for tutorials covering basic tasks.
You will need either the latest or LTS version of **[Node.js](https://nodejs.org/)** to build and serve the application and **[Git](https://git-scm.com/downloads)** to easily fetch the code, and push any changes. If you plan on running or deploying the container, you'll also need **[Docker](https://docs.docker.com/get-docker/)**. To avoid any unexpected issues, ensure you've got at least **[NPM](https://www.npmjs.com/get-npm)** V 7.5 or **[Yarn](https://classic.yarnpkg.com/en/docs/install/#windows-stable)** 1.22 (you may find [NVM](https://github.com/nvm-sh/nvm) helpful for switching/ managing versions).
Dashy should now be being served on http://localhost:8080/. Hot reload is enabled, so making changes to any of the files will trigger them to be rebuilt and the page refreshed.
-`yarn dev` - Starts the development server with hot reloading
-`yarn build` - Builds the project for production, and outputs it into `./dist`
-`yarn start` - Starts a web server, and serves up the production site from `./dist`
-`yarn validate-config` - Parses and validates your `conf.yml` against Dashy's schema
-`yarn lint` - Lints code to ensure it follows a consistent, neat style
-`yarn test` - Runs tests, and outputs results
There is also:
-`yarn build-and-start` will run `yarn build` and `yarn start`
-`yarn build-watch` will output contents to `./dist` and recompile when anything in `./src` is modified, you can then use either `yarn start` or your own server, to have a production environment that watches for changes.
- Vue also has a GUI environment that can be used for basic project management, and may be useful for beginners, this can be started by running `npx vue ui`, and opening up `http://localhost:8000`
All environmental variables are optional. Currently there are not many environmental variables used, as most of the user preferences are stored under `appConfig` in the `conf.yml` file.
You can set the environment using the `NODE_ENV` variable. By default, the correct environment should be selected based on the script you run to start the app. The following environments are supported: `production`, `development` and `test`. For more info, see [Vue CLI Environment Modes](https://cli.vuejs.org/guide/mode-and-env.html#modes).
New to Web Development? Glad you're here! Dashy is a pretty simple app, so it should make a good candidate for your first PR. Presuming that you already have a basic knowledge of JavaScript, the following articles should point you in the right direction for getting up to speed with the technologies used in this project:
- [Introduction to Vue.js](https://v3.vuejs.org/guide/introduction.html)
- [Using TypeScript with Vue.js](https://blog.logrocket.com/vue-typescript-tutorial-examples/)
- [Git cheat sheet](http://git-cheatsheet.com/)
- [Basics of using NPM](https://www.freecodecamp.org/news/what-is-npm-a-node-package-manager-tutorial-for-beginners/)
As well as Node, Git and Docker- you'll also need an IDE (e.g. [VS Code](https://code.visualstudio.com/) or [Vim](https://www.vim.org/)) and a terminal (Windows users may find [WSL](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/) more convenient).
Linting is done using [ESLint](https://eslint.org/), and using the [Vue.js Styleguide](https://github.com/vuejs/eslint-config-standard), which is very similar to the [AirBnB Stylguide](https://github.com/airbnb/javascript). You can run `yarn lint` to report and fix issues. While the dev server is running, issues will be reported to the console automatically, and any lint errors will trigger the build to fail. Note that all lint checks must pass before any PR can be merged. Linting is also run as a git pre-commit hook
The easiest method of checking performance is to use Chromium's build in auditing tool, Lighthouse. To run the test, open Developer Tools (usually F12) --> Lighthouse and click on the 'Generate Report' button at the bottom.
### Dependencies - BundlePhobia
[BundlePhobia](https://bundlephobia.com/) is a really useful app that lets you analyze the cost of adding any particular dependency to an application
Dashy makes heavy use of [GitHub Actions](https://github.com/features/actions) to fully automate the checking, testing, building, deploying of the project, as well as administration tasks like management of issues, tags, releases and documentation. The following section outlines each workflow, along with a link the the action file, current status and short description. A lot of these automations were made possible using community actions contributed to GH marketplace by some amazing people.
### Code Processing
Action | Description
--- | ---
**Code Linter**<br/>[![Workflow Status](https://github.com/Lissy93/dashy/actions/workflows/code-linter.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/Lissy93/dashy/actions/workflows/code-linter.yml) | After a pull request is created, all new code changes will be linted, and the CI will fail with a helpful message if the code has any formatting inconsistencies
**Code Spell Check**<br/>[![Workflow Status](https://github.com/Lissy93/dashy/actions/workflows/code-spell-check.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/Lissy93/dashy/actions/workflows/code-spell-check.yml) | After a PR submitted, all auto-fixable spelling errors will be detected, then Liss-Bot will create a separate PR to propose the fixes
**Dependency Update Summary** <br/>[![Workflow Status](https://github.com/Lissy93/dashy/actions/workflows/dependency-updates-summary.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/Lissy93/dashy/actions/workflows/dependency-updates-summary.yml) | After a PR is submitted, if any of the dependencies are modified, then Liss-Bot will add a comment, explaining which packages have been added, removed, updated or downgraded, as well as other helpful info
**Get Size** <br/>[![Workflow Status](https://github.com/Lissy93/dashy/actions/workflows/get-size.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/Lissy93/dashy/actions/workflows/get-size.yml) | Adds comment to PR if the size of the built + bundled application has changed compared to the previous version
**Security Scan** <br/>[![Workflow Status](https://github.com/Lissy93/dashy/actions/workflows/security-scanning.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/Lissy93/dashy/actions/workflows/security-scanning.yml) | Uses Snyk to scan the code and dependencies after a PR. Will add a comment and cause the build to fail if a new vulnerability or potential issue is present
### Releases
Action | Description
--- | ---
**Create Tag** <br/>[![Workflow Status](https://github.com/Lissy93/dashy/actions/workflows/auto-tag-pr.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/Lissy93/dashy/actions/workflows/auto-tag-pr.yml) | Whenever the version indicated in package.json is updates, a new GitHub tag will be created for that point in time
**Build App** <br/>[![Workflow Status](https://github.com/Lissy93/dashy/actions/workflows/build-app.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/Lissy93/dashy/actions/workflows/build-app.yml) | After changes are merged into the master branch, the app will be build, with output pushed to the `dev-demo` branch
**Cache Artifacts** <br/>[![Workflow Status](https://github.com/Lissy93/dashy/actions/workflows/cache-artifacts.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/Lissy93/dashy/actions/workflows/cache-artifacts.yml) | After build, returned files will be cached for future actions for that commit
**Docker Publish** <br/>[![Workflow Status](https://github.com/Lissy93/dashy/actions/workflows/docker-publish.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/Lissy93/dashy/actions/workflows/docker-publish.yml) | After PR is merged, the multi-architecture Docker container will be built, and then published to GHCR
### Issue Management
Action | Description
--- | ---
**Close Incomplete Issues** <br/>[![Workflow Status](https://github.com/Lissy93/dashy/actions/workflows/close-incomplete-issues.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/Lissy93/dashy/actions/workflows/close-incomplete-issues.yml) | Issues which do not match any of the issue templates will be closed, and a comment posted explaining why
**Close Stale Issues** <br/>[![Workflow Status](https://github.com/Lissy93/dashy/actions/workflows/close-stale-issues.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/Lissy93/dashy/actions/workflows/close-stale-issues.yml) | Issues which have not been updated for 6 weeks will have a comment posted to them. If the author does not reply within the next week, then the issue will be marked as stale and closed. The original author may still reopen the issue at any time
**Close Potential Spam Issues** <br/>[![Workflow Status](https://github.com/Lissy93/dashy/actions/workflows/issue-spam-control.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/Lissy93/dashy/actions/workflows/issue-spam-control.yml) | Auto-closes issues, and adds a comment if it was submitted by a user who hasn't yet interacted with the repo, is new to GitHub and has not starred the repository. The comment will advise them to check their issue is complete, and then allow them to reopen it
**Issue Translator** <br/>[![Workflow Status](https://github.com/Lissy93/dashy/actions/workflows/issue-translator.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/Lissy93/dashy/actions/workflows/issue-translator.yml) | Auto-translates any comments and issues that were written in any language other than English, and posts the translation as a comment below
**Label Sponsors** <br/>[![Workflow Status](https://github.com/Lissy93/dashy/actions/workflows/label-sponsors.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/Lissy93/dashy/actions/workflows/label-sponsors.yml) | Adds a special label to any issues or pull requests raised by users who are sponsoring the project via GitHub, so that they can get priority support
**LGTM Comment**<br/>[![Add Random LGTM GIF](https://github.com/Lissy93/dashy/actions/workflows/lgtm-comment.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/Lissy93/dashy/actions/workflows/lgtm-comment.yml) | When a PR review contains the words LGTM (looks good to me), the Liss-Bot will reply with a random celebratory or thumbs up GIF, just as a bit of fun
**Mind your Language** <br/>[![Workflow Status](https://github.com/Lissy93/dashy/actions/workflows/mind-your-language.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/Lissy93/dashy/actions/workflows/mind-your-language.yml) | Replies to any comment (on issue or PR) that contains profanities, offensive or inappropriate language with a polite note reminding the user of the code of conduct
**Release Notifier** <br/>[![Workflow Status](https://github.com/Lissy93/dashy/actions/workflows/release-commenter.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/Lissy93/dashy/actions/workflows/release-commenter.yml) | Once a release has been published which fixes an issue, a comment will be added to the relevant issues informing the user who raised it that it was fixed in the current release
**Update Issue after Merge** <br/>[![Workflow Status](https://github.com/Lissy93/dashy/actions/workflows/update-issue-after-pr.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/Lissy93/dashy/actions/workflows/update-issue-after-pr.yml) | After a PR which fixes an issue is merged, Liss-Bot will add a comment to said issue based on the git commit message
**Auto Add Comment Based on Tag** <br/>[![Workflow Status](https://github.com/Lissy93/dashy/actions/workflows/add-comment-from-tag.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/Lissy93/dashy/actions/workflows/add-comment-from-tag.yml) | Will add comment with useful info to certain issues, based on the tag applied
### PR Management
Action | Description
--- | ---
**PR Commenter** <br/>[![Workflow Status](https://github.com/Lissy93/dashy/actions/workflows/pr-commenter.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/Lissy93/dashy/actions/workflows/pr-commenter.yml) | Adds comment with helpful info to pull requests, based on which files have been changes
**Issue from Todo Code** <br/>[![Workflow Status](https://github.com/Lissy93/dashy/actions/workflows/raise-issue-from-todo.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/Lissy93/dashy/actions/workflows/raise-issue-from-todo.yml) | When a `todo` note is found in the code after a PR, then Liss-Bot will automatically raise an issue, so that the todo can be addressed/ implemented. The issue will be closed once the todo has been implemented or removed
### Documentation & Reports
Action | Description
--- | ---
**Generate Credits** <br/>[![Workflow Status](https://github.com/Lissy93/dashy/actions/workflows/generate-credits.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/Lissy93/dashy/actions/workflows/generate-credits.yml) | Generates a report, including contributors, collaborators, sponsors, bots and helpful users. Will then insert a markdown table with thanks to these GitHub users and links to their profiles into the Credits page, as well as a summary of sponsors and top contributors into the main readme
**Generate Issue Summary** <br/>[![Workflow Status](https://github.com/Lissy93/dashy/actions/workflows/generate-issue-summary.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/Lissy93/dashy/actions/workflows/generate-issue-summary.yml) | Creates a markdown report of opened and closed linked-issues, sorted by category
**Wiki Sync** <br/>[![Workflow Status](https://github.com/Lissy93/dashy/actions/workflows/wiki-sync.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/Lissy93/dashy/actions/workflows/wiki-sync.yml) | Generates and publishes the repositories wiki page using the markdown files within the docs directory
When running the build command, several warnings appear. These are not errors, and do not affect the security or performance of the application. They will be addressed in a future update
`WARN A new version of sass-loader is available. Please upgrade for best experience.` - Currently we're using an older version of SASS loader, since the more recent releases do not seem to be compatible with the Vue CLI's webpack configuration.
`WARN asset size limit: The following asset(s) exceed the recommended size limit (244 KiB).` - For the PWA to support Windows 10, a splash screen asset is required, and is quite large. This throws a warning, however PWA assets are not loaded until needed, so shouldn't have any impact on application performance. A similar warning is thrown for the Raleway font, and that is looking to be addressed.