Rootstock + RIF Developer Portal

This repo contains the Rootstock + RIF Developer Portal:https://dev.rootstock.io. The Developer Portal is the home for Rootstock (RSK) documentation for end users and developers. Check out our quickstarts, tutorials, API reference, and code examples.

Start your journey to building dApps on Rootstock, see the quick start guide or see setup instructions, or the contributing guide for how to contribute to the Rootstock Developer Portal.

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Table of Contents

• Requirements
• Set up
• Development mode
• Preview site
• Cleaning cache
• Test build outputs
• Contributing
• Links
• Findability
• Navigation menu
• Search results
• Updating RSKj
• Issues
• Pull requests

Requirements

• Yarn
• nvm

Set up

Clone this repository, and run the following commands in the root directory:

nvm use

yarn install

Usage

Production build

yarn run build

Compiles your site for production so it can be deployed. Note: It should be run from the project root.

You will now find a site ready for production in src.

Development mode

yarn run develop

The develop command compiles and serves a development build of the DevPortal, this reflects any source code changes in the browser in real time. Note: It should be run from the project root.

Edit src/pages/index.tsx to see your site updates in real-time! This update will be served at http://localhost:8000/. Each time you save a file, the site will get regenerated.

Preview Site

yarn run serve

The serve command serves the production build of the site for testing prior to deployment, and can be viewed via: http://localhost:9000/.

Cleaning Cache

yarn run clean

Note: This is useful as a last resort when your local project seems to have issues or content does not seem to be refreshing.

Test build outputs

To run tests that check whether there are any errors in the site:

NA

This runs tests that check whether there are any errors in the site. Currently uses the Gatsby Remark check links plugin to runs the following basic checks:

• Detects broken links to pages and headings

Contributing

• For changes to general content, site pages, images, etc. See the content folder.
• For changes to the logic, or looking adding new features to the devportal. Refer to gatsby-config.ts, gatsby-node.ts, /src pages.

Writing original documentation

Steps:

1. Locate the content folder
2. Create a markdown file in the section you wish to add the docs.
3. Add title, menu_title, tags, description, and menu_order attributes to the front matter as appropriate - see below for more details.
4. If the new page is within a collection, and it is named index.md, add a section_title, menu_title. Ensure that you set a permalink attribute in the front matter, with a trailing /.

See example below:

---
layout: rsk
section_title: Rootstock Blockchain
menu_title: About Rootstock Blockchain
title: Rootstock Blockchain
tags: rsk
description: What is Rootstock?
menu_order: 2
permalink: /rsk/
---

Replicating existing documentation

This applies if you have documentation in other git repositories which need to be replicated here. This is expected to be used sparingly, only for libraries with existing documentation.

Steps:

1. Create a markdown file which contains only front matter.
2. Edit /.git-cached-copy.config.json to specify the details of files from other git repositories that should be copied.

Tips:

• Test the build output to ensure that the following common errors are fixed
  • Hyperlinks to anchors by ID attribute are correct
  • Referenced image files are also copied

Moving existing documentation

This applies when you have documentation already published on the devportal, but wish to move or rename it.

1. Do not use git mv to move/ rename the file
2. Instead create a new file in the target location/ file path, and leave the previous one there.
3. In the new file, copy all the contents from the previous file.
4. In the previous file, delete all contents, and replace the front matter with redirection instructions. Note that both URLs should be absolute and end with /. For example:

---
layout: redirect
permalink: /develop/apps/tools/stats/
redirect: /tools/
---

Why: This is done because when a page is published at a certain URL, that URL may be linked to externally. By renaming/ moving a page, the URL changes, and any external links may get a "404 Page Not Found" error. In this scenario, a redirect is preferred as it is much more user friendly, and search engine friendly.

Links

1. When adding links, prefer absolute links - e.g. links beginning with /, over relative links - e.g. links beginning with ./ or ../
2. Run ?? to identify any broken links - this includes both links to other pages within devportal, and links to anchor references within devportal pages, however does not include links to external pages (not within devportal).

Findability

When you add new documentation, you should check that a visitor is able to find it through both the navigation bar, and the search functionality.

Navigation menu

• If your new pages are within a collection
  • The reader may use "previous" and "next" links to go through the pages in a sequence
  • Ensure that all pages within the collection have a unique value for menu_order in their front matter - use positive whole numbers only
  • Ensure that the sequence is in a correct order - it starts from lowest menu_order and ends at highest menu_order
  • Look at _quick-start/*.md for a good example of this

Search results

• A reader may find your new pages through the search feature available at /search/index.html
• To maximize the quality of the search results, ensure that you add all of the following to the front matter for each new page
  • title: This is the title of the page which is also displayed to the reader. Avoid using special characters, unicode characters, or emoji, as readers are less likely to use these in search. menu_title: The menu title appears in the navigation menu, ensure to add this on each page for easy navigation.
  • tags: Use this to set the categories, labels, or other keywords which you think a reader would search for when looking for this page.
  • description: If this is not present, it defaults to the first 200 words in the content. It is a good idea to set this to include any words or phrases which you think a reader would search for when looking for this page.

Updating RSKj

When a new version of RSKj is released:

• Update the version numbers list in the public nodes page:
  • rsk/node/reproducible.md
• Update the version numbers and checksums in the installation instructions pages:
  • rsk/node/install/java.md
  • rsk/node/contribute/linux.md
  • rsk/node/contribute/macos.md
  • rsk/node/install/ubuntu.md
• Update the version numbers and checksums in the reproducible builds page:
  • rsk/node/reproducible.md
• Update to add/ remove/ update any RPC methods, if relevant, in the RPC page
  • rsk/node/architecture/json-rpc.md

Issues

We encourage you to report issues. When you open an issue, you should be given the option to choose a category. Choose the most appropriate one.

Next, the description should be automatically populated from a template. Fill it in accordingly. Note that What and Why sections are compulsory, and the Refs section is optional.

Pull Requests

You can also contribute to the Developer's portal by sending a PR.

When you open a pull request, the description should be automatically populated from a template. Fill it in accordingly. Note that What and Why sections are compulsory, and the Refs section is optional.

Please run ?? to test the build output of your branch prior to creating a new pull request, or pushing more commits to an existing one. Don't introduce any regressions!