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diff --git a/doc/development.org b/doc/development.org index bbb6084f..5e6e318b 100644 --- a/doc/development.org +++ b/doc/development.org @@ -1,5 +1,7 @@ * Development +** Using GN2_PROFILE + After cloning the git source tree you can run the contained GN2 using an existing GN2_PROFILE, i.e., use a profile that was create to run a binary installation of GN2. This profile may be found by typing @@ -21,3 +23,21 @@ and use that instead. Note that the genenetwork2 script sets up the environment for running the webserver. This includes path to R modules and python modules. These are output on startup. To make sure there is no environment pollution you can + +** Javascript modules + +As of release 2.10-pre4 we Javascript modules are installed in three places: + +1. JS_GUIX_PATH: the Guix store - these are Guix pre-packaged modules +2. The git source tree (./wqflask/wqflask/static/packages/) +3. JS_GN_PATH: a local directory containing (temporary) development modules + +Packages currently in git (2) will move to JS_GUIX_PATH (1) over +time. This is to keep better track of origin updates. Putting packages +in git (2) is actively discouraged(!), unless there are GN2 specific +adaptations to the original Javascript modules. + +JS_GN_PATH (3) is for development purposes. By default is is set to +$HOME/genenetwork/javascript. Say you are working on an updated +version of a JS module not yet in (1) you can simply check out that +module in that path and it should show up. |