Updated manual installation with -1 step.

Author: ctubio

MANUAL.md

@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ Lets say that you have a great idea about how to profitably make markets and are
 
 2. Install the new class alongside the provided list of modes in the `QuotingStyleRegistry` in `main.js`.
 
-3. Rebuild with `npm run postinstall` and restart tribeca.
+3. Rebuild with `npm install` and restart tribeca.
 
 # How can I test new trading strategies?
 

README.md

@@ -24,21 +24,19 @@ See [dist/Dockerfile](https://github.com/ctubio/tribeca/tree/master/dist#dockerf
 
 1. Ensure your target machine has node v6 or greater (`nodejs -v`) and mongoDB v3 or greater (`mongo --version`).
 
-2. Clone the repository somewhere with `git clone ssh://git@github.com/ctubio/tribeca`.
+2. Run `git clone ssh://git@github.com/ctubio/tribeca` in any location that you wish.
 
-3. In the toplevel path of the git cloned repository, `npm install`. This will install all local dependencies in `node_modules` folder and also compile TypeScript in `src` folder to CommonJS in `app` folder.
+3. Copy `etc/tribeca.json.dist` to `etc/tribeca.json` and modify the configuration options, see [configuration](https://github.com/ctubio/tribeca/tree/master/etc#configuration-options) section. Point the instance towards the running mongoDB instance (usually just `mongodb://localhost:27017/tribeca`).
 
-4. Copy `etc/tribeca.json.dist` to `etc/tribeca.json`, and modify the config keys, see [configuration](https://github.com/ctubio/tribeca/tree/master/etc#configuration-options) section. Point the instance towards the running mongoDB instance (usually just `mongodb://localhost:27017/tribeca`).
-
-5. In the toplevel path of the git cloned repository, `npm start`, or `service tribeca start` anywhere if the optional init script `dist/tribeca-init.sh` is installed.
+4. Run `npm start` in the toplevel path of the git cloned repository. This will install all local dependencies in `node_modules` folder and will compile TypeScript in `src` folder to CommonJS in `app` folder if it was not already done before, then it runs `tribeca.js` in the background using [forever](https://www.npmjs.com/package/forever).
 
 Optional:
 
-1. Install the system daemon script `dist/tribeca-init.sh`, it requires forever (`npm i -g forever`), see [dist](https://github.com/ctubio/tribeca/tree/master/dist) folder.
+1. Install the system daemon script `dist/tribeca-init.sh` (to make use of `service tribeca start` from anywhere instead of `cd path/to/tribeca && npm start`) see [dist](https://github.com/ctubio/tribeca/tree/master/dist) folder.
 
 2. Replace the certificate at `etc/sslcert` folder with your own, see [web ui](https://github.com/ctubio/tribeca#web-ui) section. But, the certificate provided is a fully featured default openssl, that you may just need to authorise in your browser.
 
-3. Set environment variable TRIBECA_CONFIG_FILE to full path of `tribeca.json` if you run the app manually from other locations with `nodejs path/to/tribeca.js` or with forever globally installed `forever start path/to/tribeca.js`. The environment variable is not needed if the working directory is the root folder where `tribeca.js` is located.
+3. Set environment variable TRIBECA_CONFIG_FILE to full path of `tribeca.json` if you run the app manually from other locations with `nodejs path/to/tribeca.js`. The environment variable is not needed if the working directory is the root folder where `tribeca.js` is located.
 
 ### Configuration
 
@@ -80,15 +78,21 @@ The metrics send are:
  * Total amount available in wallet and held in open trades in BTC currency
  * Total amount available in wallet and held in open trades in Fiat currency
 
-### TEST UNITS
+### Test units and Build notes
 
 Feel free to run `npm test` anytime.
 
+To rebuild the application with your modifications, please run `npm install` or directly `npm run postinstall`.
+
+To piped the output to stdout, execute the application in the foreground with `nodejs tribeca.js`.
+
+To save the output in `log/tribeca.log` file, execute the application in the background with `forever start tribeca.js` or with the alias `npm start`.
+
 ### Unreleased Changelog:
 
 Added nodejs6, typescript2 and angular2.
 
-Added npm install scripts instead of grunt tasks.
+Added cleanup of global dependencies, source code and installation steps.
 
 ### Release 2.0 Changelog:
 

dist/README.md

@@ -9,8 +9,6 @@ To turn tribeca into a daemon, you may want to run the following command:
 ```
 Please make sure to correctly setup the value of `DAEMON_TOPLEVEL_PATH` variable hardcoded into the script.
 
-Also this script depends on forever begin globally installed (`npm i -g forever`).
-
 Log messages will be saved in `log/tribeca.log` (log files in `~/.forever/` will be instead piped to `/dev/null`).
 
 ### Dockerfile

dist/tribeca-init.sh

@@ -5,34 +5,24 @@
 # Required-Stop:     $local_fs $syslog $remote_fs
 # Default-Start:     2 3 4 5
 # Default-Stop:      0 1 6
-# Short-Description: Start tribeca daemons
+# Short-Description: Start npm forever tribeca daemon
 ### END INIT INFO
 
 DAEMON_TOPLEVEL_PATH=/home/user/path/to/tribeca
 
-DAEMON=tribeca.js
-cd $TRIBECA_SERVICE_PATH
+cd $DAEMON_TOPLEVEL_PATH
 case "$1" in
     start)
-        forever start -a -l /dev/null $DAEMON
+        npm start
         ;;
     stop)
-        forever stop -a -l /dev/null $DAEMON
-        ;;
-    stopall)
-        forever stopall
-        ;;
-    restartall)
-        forever restartall
+        npm stop
         ;;
     reload|restart)
-        forever restart -a -l /dev/null $DAEMON
-        ;;
-    list)
-        forever list
+        npm restart
         ;;
     *)
-        echo "Usage: /etc/init.d/tribeca {start|stop|restart|reload|stopall|restartall|list}"
+        echo "Usage: /etc/init.d/tribeca {start|stop|restart|reload}"
         exit 1
         ;;
 esac

package.json

@@ -76,8 +76,9 @@
     "compile-static": "cp -R src/static/* app/service/admin/",
     "compile-bundle": "browserify app/service/admin/js/admin/client.js -o app/service/admin/js/admin/bundle.min.js",
     "restart": "npm stop && npm start",
-    "start": "forever start -a -l /dev/null tribeca.js",
-    "stop": "forever stop -a -l /dev/null tribeca.js || :"
+    "stop": "forever stop -a -l /dev/null tribeca.js || :",
+    "start": "npm run test-compile && forever start -a -l /dev/null tribeca.js",
+    "test-compile": "test -d app || npm $(test -d node_modules && echo run post)install"
   },
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",