From 0f5a0af2ed36af137f165f5c23b084d4fb26c515 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Andrew Godwin
Date: Sat, 26 Nov 2022 14:58:06 -0700
Subject: Update contributing docs a little
---
docs/contributing.rst | 27 +++++++++++++++++++++++++--
1 file changed, 25 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/docs/contributing.rst b/docs/contributing.rst
index cbf145f..f1b925e 100644
--- a/docs/contributing.rst
+++ b/docs/contributing.rst
@@ -53,9 +53,9 @@ and enable the git commit hooks to do auto-formatting and linting
pre-commit install
-You will need to set your system to use development settings::
+You will need to set up some development settings (you can edit `.env` later)::
- export DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE=takahe.settings.development
+ cp development.env .env
You can run the web interface to see it at http://localhost:8000::
@@ -97,3 +97,26 @@ Once your session is up and running, you can make yourself a superuser account::
And you can run the tests inside your container::
docker compose -f docker/docker-compose.yml exec web pytest
+
+
+Coding Guidelines
+-----------------
+
+We have linters, typechecking and formatters enabled for the project; ensure these
+are set up locally by running `pre-commit install`, otherwise your pull request
+will fail its testing phase.
+
+Comment anything weird, unusual or complicated; if in doubt, leave a comment.
+
+Don't use overly complex language constructs - like double-nested list comprehensions -
+when a simple, understandable version is possible instead. We optimise for code
+readability.
+
+All features should be accessible without JavaScript if at all possible; this doesn't
+mean that we can't have nice JavaScript user interfaces and affordances, but all
+basic functionality *should* be accessible without it.
+
+We use `HTMX `_ for dynamically loading content, and
+`Hyperscript `_ for most interactions rather than raw
+JavaScript. If you can accomplish what you need with these tools, please use them
+rather than adding JS.
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