circulation-web

Web front-end for the Circulation Manager administrative interface.

Library Simplified Documentation

To see screenshots, read in-depth documentation, and find out more about the project, check out the Confluence site hosted by The New York Public Library.

Set Up

This package is meant to be used with the Library Simplified Circulation Manager, and cannot be run in isolation. Please follow the Circulation Manager README instructions before setting up this repository.

Use npm Version

Suggested local folder setup:

• /[path to project folder]/circulation

To use the published version with your circulation manager, run npm install from api/admin in the circulation local installed repository.

Use Local Development Version

Suggested local folder setup:

• /[path to project folder]/circulation
• /[path to project folder]/circulation-web

If you're working on the administrative interface and want to test local changes, you can link your local clone of this repository to your local circulation manager. These steps will allow you to work on the front-end administrative interface and see updates while developing.

1. Run npm link in this circulation-web repository,
2. run npm link simplified-circulation-web from api/admin in the circulation repository (which is where package.json is located),
3. run the circulation manager using python app.py at the root in the circulation repository,
4. run the web interface using npm run dev at the root of this circulation-web repository,
5. run the Elasticsearch server using ./bin/elasticsearch in the elasticsearch-[version] directory,
6. visit localhost:6500/admin/.

Webpack will take care of compiling and updating any new changes made locally for development. Just hard refresh the page (command + shift + R) to see updates without having to restart either the circulation or circulation-web servers.

Web Catalog

The Circulation Manager administrative interface relies on the OPDS Web Catalog as its base React component and application. For more information, please check out that repository.

Publishing a New Release

Before publishing a new release, update the version number in package.json and add the new version number + comments about what the new version includes to CHANGELOG.md. For new version numbers, you can refer to Semantic Versioning (major.minor.patch). Then, run npm install to update the package-lock.json file to include the new version.

Commit your changes, push them to Github, make a PR, and request your reviewer. Once approved, you may go back to your local repository, checkout the main branch, and git pull.

This package is published to npm. To publish a new version, you need to create an npm account and be a collaborator on the package.

If you're not already logged in to npm from your terminal, you'll have to do so at this point. Run npm login and enter your credentials when prompted.

Then, you can run npm publish from your local copy of the repository (ensure you are on the main branch before doing so).

Afterwards, you should tag the release and add comments to Github. On the main branch, run git tag -a v[version number] -m '[commit message]'. Then run git push origin v[version number].

Go to the Github repository, click on "tags," find the tag you pushed, click on it and hit "edit." Add a release title, and a description. Then save by clicking, "Update Release."

Accessibility

In order to develop user interfaces that are accessible to everyone, there are tools added to the workflow. Besides the Typescript tslint-react-a11y plugin, react-axe is also installed for local development. Using that module while running the app uses a lot of resources so it should be only when specifically testing for accessibility and not while actively developing new features or fixing bugs.

In order to run the app with react-axe, run npm run dev-test-axe. This will add a local global variable process.env.TEST_AXE (through webpack) that will trigger react-axe in /src/index.tsx. The output will be seen in the browser's console terminal.

Tests

Unit Tests

Like the codebase, all the unit tests are written in Typescript. Tests are written for all React components as well as redux and utility functions, and all can be found in their respective __tests__ folders.

To run the tests, perform npm test.

We use GitHub Actions for continuous integration. Any pull requests submitted must have tests and those tests must pass on GitHub Actions.

Nightwatch

There are end-to-end tests that run on Nightwatch. This selenium-based test runner allows us to include integration tests for logging into the admin and clicking through different pages.

To set up credentials and run the tests, check out the README in `/tests/.

License

Copyright © 2021 The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox, and Tilden Foundations

Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
You may obtain a copy of the License at

   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
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