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| 1 | +Development Workflow |
| 2 | +==================== |
| 3 | + |
| 4 | +## Full build |
| 5 | +This will create all deliverables from the NativeScript repo in the `bin/dist/*.tgz` folder: |
| 6 | +``` |
| 7 | +npm install |
| 8 | +grunt |
| 9 | +``` |
| 10 | + |
| 11 | +## Using tns-core-modules from source in app |
| 12 | +This will register the location of the `tns-core-modules` sources as symlink in your npm: |
| 13 | +``` |
| 14 | +cd tns-core-modules |
| 15 | +npm link |
| 16 | +``` |
| 17 | + |
| 18 | +To rebuild the JavaScript of the `tns-core-modules`, in the root of the NativeScript repo: |
| 19 | +``` |
| 20 | +# this will update tns-core-modules.d.ts references with new .d.ts files |
| 21 | +grunt generate-tns-core-modules-dev-dts |
| 22 | +# this will rebuild the TS to JS |
| 23 | +tsc |
| 24 | +``` |
| 25 | + |
| 26 | +Then you can navigate to any NativeScript App and add the `tns-core-modules` from the NativeScript repo to the `node_modules/tns-core-modules` in the app with: |
| 27 | +``` |
| 28 | +npm link tns-core-modules |
| 29 | +``` |
| 30 | +You should be able to debug the App in VSCode, breakpoints in the `node_modules/tns-core-modules` TypeScript files should work. |
| 31 | +Changes in the App's `node_modules/tns-core-modules` will edit the files in the NativeScript repo so you should be able to easily add changes to git. |
| 32 | + |
| 33 | +## Running mobile unit tests |
| 34 | +There is `tests` folder with regular NativeScript application that runs tests on the `tns-core-modules`. |
| 35 | +To run them (see Using tns-core-modules from source in app): |
| 36 | +``` |
| 37 | +npm install |
| 38 | +grunt generate-tns-core-modules-dev-dts |
| 39 | +tsc |
| 40 | +
|
| 41 | +cd tns-core-modules |
| 42 | +npm link |
| 43 | +cd .. |
| 44 | +
|
| 45 | +cd tests |
| 46 | +npm link tns-core-modules |
| 47 | +cd .. |
| 48 | +
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| 49 | +tns run [ios|android] --path tests |
| 50 | +``` |
| 51 | + |
| 52 | +You can rapidly apply canges to the `tns-core-modules` and `tests`, and to run the tests, at the root of the NativeScript repo, execute: |
| 53 | +``` |
| 54 | +# optionally, if you have added new .d.ts files |
| 55 | +grunt generate-tns-core-modules-dev-dts |
| 56 | +
|
| 57 | +tsc |
| 58 | +tns run [ios|android] --path tests |
| 59 | +``` |
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