DEVELOPMENT.md

Setting up your environment

Pre-requisites

• nvm
  • Manage node versions
  • https://github.com/nvm-sh/nvm?tab=readme-ov-file#installing-and-updating
• obsidian
  • Choose a vault you'd like to do development in
    • It is recommended to create a new vault for development, that does not already have cannoli installed
  • Install hot-reload plugin

    • https://github.com/pjeby/hot-reload?tab=readme-ov-file#installation

    • cd <my_obsidian_vault>/.obsidian/plugins && git clone git@github.com:pjeby/hot-reload.git

    • Make sure to enable it in obsidian once installed

• VSCode (optional)
  • Any VSCode (or descendant) editor will pick up common configuration from the cannoli repo
  • Code formatting settings and recommended extensions for cannoli development will appear when opening cannoli inside of one of these editors

Building your dev environment

# navigate to your obsidian vault's plugin folder
cd <my_obsidian_vault>/.obsidian/plugins
# create a fork of this repo, then clone it
# replace the url here with your own fork's url
git clone git@github.com:DeabLabs/cannoli.git
cd cannoli
# install and use this repo's version of npm
nvm install
nvm use
# install pnpm
npm i -g pnpm
# from here on we will use pnpm exclusively
# it manages cannoli's monorepo
# lets install the dependencies next
pnpm install
# now we have all dependencies for the cannoli monorepo, and the cannoli-core and cannoli-plugin packages
# lets build the plugin so that it can be enabled in obsidian
pnpm build
# you should be able to enable and use your development version of the plugin in obsidian now!

Development workflow

Making code changes and seeing them live in obsidian

# open up a terminal inside of the cannoli monorepo root directory
# this can typically be done quickly by opening the repo in your editor and then opening a terminal
# install up to date dependencies, in case any have changed
pnpm install
# now lets kickoff the dev script
pnpm run dev
# this builds cannoli-core, cannoli-plugin, and then emits their files in the root of the monorepo
# once the files appear/update, the hot-reload plugin will immediately refresh the cannoli plugin within obsidian
# finally, any changes that occur to any file in the repo will trigger an automatic rebuild as long as the dev command continues to run
# so you can make a change to a file, save it, and see it appear in obsidian in typically less than one second