From 9c56154cfe121c6b89f48dd6b9af4e5e029d8a6e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Noemi Vanyi Date: Thu, 21 Apr 2016 13:15:04 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] add dev tips to quickstart --- docs/dev/contribution_guide.rst | 2 ++ docs/dev/quickstart.rst | 18 ++++++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 20 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/dev/contribution_guide.rst b/docs/dev/contribution_guide.rst index 73f4ea33..65e58729 100644 --- a/docs/dev/contribution_guide.rst +++ b/docs/dev/contribution_guide.rst @@ -64,6 +64,8 @@ In order to submit a patch, please follow the steps below: - Create a pull request. +For more help on getting started with searx development, see :ref:`devquickstart`. + Translation ~~~~~~~~~~~ diff --git a/docs/dev/quickstart.rst b/docs/dev/quickstart.rst index edca8af5..92ef6238 100644 --- a/docs/dev/quickstart.rst +++ b/docs/dev/quickstart.rst @@ -1,3 +1,5 @@ +.. _devquickstart: + Development Quickstart ---------------------- @@ -88,3 +90,19 @@ After installing grunt, the files can be built using the following command: .. code:: sh ./manage.sh build_grunt + + + +Tips for debugging/development +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +1. Turn on debug logging + Whether you are working on a new engine or trying to eliminate a bug, it is always a good idea + to turn on debug logging. When debug logging is enabled a stack trace appears, + instead of the cryptic ``Internal Server Error`` message. It can be turned on by setting + ``debug: False`` to ``debug: True`` in settings.yml. + +2. Run ``./manage.sh tests`` before creating a PR. + Failing build on Travis is common because of PEP8 checks. So a new commit must be created + containing these format fixes. This phase can be skipped if ``./manage.sh tests`` is run + locally before creating a PR.