Merge pull request #266 from NativeScript/simplify-dev-workflow

chore: Simplify dev workflow

Author: vakrilov

.gitignore

@@ -1,11 +1,17 @@
-nativescript-angular*.tgz
 bin/dist
 node_modules
 tags
-src/nativescript-angular/**/*.js
-!src/nativescript-angular/postinstall.js
-!src/nativescript-angular/hooks/**/*.js
-.baseDir.ts
+**/*.js.map
+
+/hooks
+
+nativescript-angular/**/*.d.ts
+!nativescript-angular/global.d.ts
+nativescript-angular/**/*.js
+!nativescript-angular/postinstall.js
+!nativescript-angular/hooks/**/*.js
+!nativescript-angular/gulpfile.js
+
 .tscache
 .nvm
 .vscode
@@ -19,7 +25,6 @@ tests/lib
 tests/node_modules
 
 ng-sample/app/**/*.js
-ng-sample/app/nativescript-angular
 ng-sample/app/global.d.ts
 ng-sample/platforms
 ng-sample/lib

.travis.yml

@@ -25,15 +25,17 @@ install:
     - npm install -g nativescript --ignore-scripts
     - tns usage-reporting disable
     - tns error-reporting disable
+    - cd nativescript-angular
+    - npm install
+    - cd ../tests
+    - npm install
+    - npm install ../nativescript-angular
 
 before_script:
     - echo no | android create avd --force -n test -t android-19 -b armeabi-v7a
     - emulator -avd test -no-audio -no-window &
     - android-wait-for-emulator
 
 script:
-    - npm install
-    - cd ./tests
-    - npm install
     - tns platform add android
     - tns test android --emulator --justlaunch

DEVELOPERS.md

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ Integrating NativeScript with Angular 2.
 
 # Running locally
 
-# Prerequisites
+## Prerequisites
 
 Install your native toolchain and NativeScript as described in the docs:
 
@@ -14,31 +14,26 @@ https://docs.nativescript.org/setup/quick-setup
 ## Install dependencies
 
 ```
-$ npm install -g grunt-cli gulp
+$ npm install -g gulp
 ```
 
 Then install the needed NPM packages:
 
 ```
+$ cd nativescript-angular
 $ npm install
 ```
 
-## Compile and prepare NativeScript and Angular
-
-```
-$ grunt
-```
-
-## Initialize the test NativeScript app (ng-sample)
+## Run the sample application (ng-sample)
 
+Intall NPM packages (use the local copy of `nativescript-angular`):
 ```
 $ cd ng-sample
 $ npm install
+$ npm install ../nativescript-angular
 ```
 
-The latter installs the `angular2` and `tns-core-modules` packages that you just built by running `grunt prepare` step in the project root.
-
-## Run the ng-sample app
+Start the app:
 
 ```
 $ tns run android
@@ -61,19 +56,37 @@ $ env WEBPACK_BUILD=1 tns run android
 
 # Running the tests
 
+Intall NPM packages (use the local copy of `nativescript-angular`):
 ```
 $ cd tests
 $ npm install
+$ npm install ../nativescript-angular
+```
+
+Start test run:
+
+```
 $ tns test ios --emulator
+$ tns test android --emulator
 ```
 
 # Developer workflow:
 
-1. Make changes to `src/nativescript-angular`, and rebuild with `grunt build`. If succesful, you should get a npm package in the project root.
-2. Navigate to the ng-sample subdir: `$ cd ng-sample`. Make some changes to the app or `../src/nativescript-angular`.
-3. Run with `$ tns run android` or `$ tns run ios`
+## Setup:
+Use `npm link` to link `nativescript-angular` in `tests` and `ng-sample` progects:
+
+```
+cd nativescript-angular
+npm link
+cd ../ng-sample
+npm link nativescript-angular
+cd ../tests
+npm link nativescript-angular
+```
 
-Note that you should never change files in `ng-sample/src/nativescript-angular/` as they are overwritten with the reference sources in `src/nativescript-angular` on every `grunt app` run.
+## Work
+1. Make changes to the `test`, `ng-sample` projects or in `nativescript-angular` folder.
+2. Run the `tests` or `ng-sample` using as shown above.
 
 # Watch the video explaining Angular 2 and NativeScript
 [NativeScript session on AngularConnect conference](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4SbiiyRSIwo)

README.md

@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+*.tgz
+
+*.ts
+!*.d.ts
+
+*.js.map
+
+tsconfig.json
+global.d.ts
+.npmignore
+gulpfile.js