Getting started

Getting started#

For all forms of contribution, please read the information below.

Required framework/plugins#

Install the LTS version of Node.js. This is required to compile and run the code you are writing.

Install the latest version of Python 3.7. This is required to build documentation such as this.

Install Atom. Edit files using this text editor.

Install Git. This is for version control for GCS.

Required Git line-ending configuration#

GCS uses LF line-endings for all its files. All Unix-based systems already use the correct Git line-ending configuration, so feel free to skip this section if you use a Unix system (Linux/macOS).

Run the following commands in your console to set the proper line-ending configuration in your system:

git config --global core.autocrlf false
git config --global core.eol lf

Requirements for writing code and documentation#

Atom configuration#

Install the following packages into your Atom text editor. These packages will ensure that your code is consistent with other developers. Go to Settings > Install to install packages.

  • atom-typescript
  • autocomplete-modules
  • busy-signal
  • file-icons
  • highlight-selected
  • hyperclick
  • intentions
  • language-env
  • language-gitattributes
  • language-ignore
  • linter
  • linter-eslint
  • linter-js-yaml
  • linter-jsonlint
  • linter-markdown
  • linter-stylelint
  • linter-ui-default
  • markdown-table-editor
  • minimap
  • react
  • teletype

Set the following settings to configure your Atom text editor for this project. All files in this project have 100 characters max.

  • Set Settings > Editor > Preferred Line Length to 100

  • Keep Settings > Editor > Soft Wrap unchecked

  • Add source.ts and source.tsx to the list of supported extensions in Settings > Packages > linter-eslint > List of scopes to run ESLint on

MkDocs documentation packages#

We use a few Python packages to build our documentation. MkDocs allows us to build our documentation. Our documentation uses Material theme so this must be installed too. We also have a few plugins to make things work for our docs.

To install the packages, run the following script on your command line:

pip install mkdocs mkdocs-material markdown-include mkdocs-git-revision-date-localized-plugin
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