Development Installation

Set up the front-end for development

• Install nodejs on your device
  • Windows/Mac link https://nodejs.org/en/download/
  • Linux "sudo apt install nodejs"
  • Mac "brew install nodejs"
• Install angular "npm install -g @angular/cli"
• Clone the repository to your device and navigate your shell to SBOLCanvasFrontend/
• Run "npm install"

Now you can run the front-end with "ng serve -o". If you make changes to a file and save them ng will automatically recompile and update your browser. SBOLCanvas expects that you will be running the back-end at localhost, so even if you don't intend on doing back-end development you will still need to set up a local server.

Set up the backend for development

• Make sure you have the Java 8 jdk found here
• Install the EE edition of Eclipse found here
• Install tomcat 9
  • Windows instructions here
  • Mac instructions here
  • Linux instructions here (Note: You don't need to set up the user, or the service)
• In Eclipse open the existing SBOLCanvasFrontend project
• In Eclipse set up a tomcat 9 server following these instructions
• In Eclipse right click the server under the servers tab "Add and remove"
• Add SBOLCanvasBackend to the server

You should now be able to run the back-end by right clicking the server under the servers tab and running it.