The most recent development documentation for Laika (based on CCHIT/laika) is always available at: rdoc.info/projects/CCHIT/laika. You can also generate the HTML docs yourself using YARD. See the README.
Development is managed using the Git source control system. A good source of information on Git usage is the GitHub guides: github.com/guides/home
The easiest way to get a patch reviewed and approved quickly is to fork from the main Laika repository on GitHub: github.com/CCHIT/laika
After you make your changes and push, you can send a pull request and your changes will be reviewed and possibly merged.
$ git clone git://github.com/CCHIT/laika.git $ cd laika $ git checkout -b my_changes $ <hack hack hack> $ git commit -a $ <maybe some more hacking> $ git commit -a $ git pull origin master $ git merge master $ git format-patch --stdout master > my_changes.patch
Send your patch to the developer list: [email protected]
If the tests do not pass with your patch applied it will be rejected. Make sure the tests pass before you submit any changes.
Laika uses Saxon (saxon.sourceforge.net/) to handle XML Schema validation and XSLT. For this to function properly, the Saxon jars must be set in a CLASSPATH environment variable.
Navigate to the root of your Laika project and run:
$ source bin/laika_env.sh
As an alternative, you may create CLASSPATH environment variable as part of the user’s profile.
Sometimes it’s more convenient to run individual spec files:
$ jruby -S spec <specfile>
Remember to run the entire suite before pushing any changes:
$ jruby -S rake spec
It’s possible to get RCov working in jruby:
$ git clone git://github.com/spicycode/rcov.git $ cd rcov $ jruby setup.rb config $ jruby setup.rb setup $ jruby setup.rb install $ cd <laika_project_dir> $ jruby -S rake spec:rcov
If you want to be able to use the ruby-debug command line debugger, you will need to install a base gem which has the native extensions compiled, because JRuby cannot perform this step.
NOTE: Check for the latest versions of ruby-debug-base.
$ wget http://rubyforge.org/frs/download.php/48904/ruby-debug-base-0.10.3.1-java.gem $ jruby -S gem install -l ruby-debug-base-0.10.3.1-java.gem $ jruby -S gem install --ignore-dependencies ruby-debug
Then add a line calling ‘debugger’ in your test code at the point you want to break out and:
$ jruby --debug code-to-test.rb
Will drop you into the debugger.
For more information on installation see: