notebook/IPython/html/README.md
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it's the descendant of the part of fabric we actually use,
it doesn't have complex compiled dependencies like fabric,
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# IPython Notebook development
## Development dependencies
Developers of the IPython Notebook will need to install the following tools:
* invoke
* node.js
* less (`npm install -g less`)
## Components
We are moving to a model where our JavaScript dependencies are managed using
[bower](http://bower.io/). These packages are installed in `static/components`
and committed into a separate git repo [ipython/ipython-components](ipython/ipython-components).
Our dependencies are described in the file
`static/components/bower.json`. To update our bower packages, run `bower install`
in this directory.
## less
If you edit our `.less` files you will need to run the less compiler to build
our minified css files. This can be done by running `python setup.py css` from the root of the repository.
If you are working frequently with `.less` files please consider installing git hooks that
rebuild the css files and corresponding maps in `${RepoRoot}/git-hooks/install-hooks.sh`.
## JavaScript Documentation
How to Build/ view the doc for JavaScript. JavaScript documentation should follow a
style close to JSDoc one, so you should be able to build them with your favorite
documentation builder. Still the documentation comment are mainly written to be read
with YUI doc. You can either build a static version, or start a YUIdoc server that
will live update the doc at every page request.
To do so, you will need to install YUIdoc.
### Install NodeJS
Node is a browser less javascript interpreter. To install it please refer to
the documentation for your platform. Install also NPM (node package manager) if
it does not come bundled with it.
### Get YUIdoc
npm does by default install package in `./node_modules` instead of doing a
system wide install. I'll leave you to yuidoc docs if you want to make a system
wide install.
First, cd into js directory :
```bash
cd IPython/html/static/js/
# install yuidoc
npm install yuidocjs
```
### Run YUIdoc server
From IPython/html/static/js/
```bash
# run yuidoc for install dir
./node_modules/yuidocjs/lib/cli.js --server .
```
Follow the instruction and the documentation should be available on localhost:3000
Omitting `--server` will build a static version in the `out` folder by default.