AFFiNE/docs/contributing/tutorial.md
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# Tutorial
## Introduction
This tutorial will walk you through the codebase of AFFiNE. It is intended for new contributors to AFFiNE.
## Building the project
Make sure you know how to build the project. See [BUILDING](../BUILDING.md) for more information.
For the debugging purpose, you might need use local OctoBase on port 3000.
## Codebase overview
The codebase is organized as follows:
- `packages/` contains all code running in production.
- `backend/` contains backend code, more information from <https://github.com/toeverything/OctoBase>.
- `frontend/` contains frontend code, including the web app, the electron app and business libraries.
- `common` contains the isomorphic code or basic libraries without business.
- `tools/` contains tools to help developing or CI, not used in production.
- `tests/` contains testings across different libraries, including e2e testings and integration testings.
### `@affine/env`
Environment setup for AFFiNE client side.
It includes the global constants, browser and system check.
This package should be imported at the very beginning of the entry point.
#### Design principles
- Each workspace plugin has its state and is isolated from other workspace plugins.
- The workspace plugin is responsible for its own state management, data persistence, synchronization, data backup and recovery.
For the workspace API, see [types.ts](../../packages/frontend/workspace/src/type.ts).
### `@affine/component`
The UI component library for AFFiNE.
Each component should be a standalone component which can be used in any context, like the Storybook.
## Debugging Environments
### `@affine/env`
```shell
yarn dev
```
### `@affine/electron`
See [building desktop client app](../building-desktop-client-app.md).