Setting up and getting started

Setting up the project in your computer

Caution: Follow the steps in the following guide precisely. Things will not work out if you deviate in some steps.

First, fork this repo, and clone the fork into your computer.

If you plan to use Intellij IDEA (highly recommended):

  1. Configure the JDK: Follow the guide [se-edu/guides] IDEA: Configuring the JDK to to ensure Intellij is configured to use JDK 11.
  2. Import the project as a Gradle project: Follow the guide [se-edu/guides] IDEA: Importing a Gradle project to import the project into IDEA.
    Note: Importing a Gradle project is slightly different from importing a normal Java project.
  3. Verify the setup:
    1. Run the seedu.address.Main and try a few commands.
    2. Run the tests to ensure they all pass.

Setting up a local documentation website

This will generate a website from the MarkBind source files in the docs directory, start a web server, and open a live preview of your site in your default browser.

  1. Ensure that you have Node.js installed, otherwise install it from here.
  2. Run npm install to install dependencies.
  3. Run npm run serve to serve the MarkBind documentation site locally.
  4. Visit the site on your browser at http://127.0.0.1:8080/.

Tip: By setting up this documentation website, you can immediately view your documentation modifications locally and fix any formatting issues that appear.

Before writing code

  1. Configure the coding style

    If using IDEA, follow the guide [se-edu/guides] IDEA: Configuring the code style to set up IDEA's coding style to match ours.

    Tip: Optionally, you can follow the guide [se-edu/guides] Using Checkstyle to find how to use the CheckStyle within IDEA e.g., to report problems as you write code.

  2. Set up CI

    This project comes with a GitHub Actions config files (in .github/workflows folder). When GitHub detects those files, it will run the CI for your project automatically at each push to the master branch or to any PR. No set up required.

  3. Learn the design

    When you are ready to start coding, we recommend that you get some sense of the overall design by reading about TAPro’s architecture.

  4. Do the tutorials These tutorials will help you get acquainted with the codebase.