X-Git-Url: http://git.onelab.eu/?p=myslice.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=README;h=78ffe6c219c18c12cc083741ba506d04f5cf6aae;hp=92724d1f1a1462857b8ca64aad893ef326c86600;hb=253c727bf8b4f874ae9488a1393acc5bcbbeae37;hpb=433a5d301336bc9d402af49b2aceb257f57514bb diff --git a/README b/README index 92724d1f..78ffe6c2 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -1,92 +1,90 @@ -his file documents the contents of this module +This file documents the contents of this module +change +Last update 4 sept. 2013 See the devel/ subdir for more devel-oriented doc. ==================== 1 minute howto -* REQUIREMENTS is to have python + django installed django +* REQUIREMENTS is to have python + django (1.5.2) installed django ** should be straightforward ** see devel/django-install.txt in case of trouble +$ apt-get install python-django +$ apt-get install python-django-south -* git clone git://git.onelab.eu/myslice-django.git +* git clone git://git.onelab.eu/myslice.git -- or -- -* git clone ssh://yourlogin@git.onelab.eu/git/myslice-django.git +* git clone ssh://yourlogin@git.onelab.eu/git/myslice.git -* edit myslice/settings.py and -** change DEVELOPER_ROOT if you didnt clone into ~/git/myslice-django -** change the location of your backend API (not yet supported) - -* edit myslice/config.py and enter the details of your manifold backend +* edit/create myslice/myslice.ini and enter the details of your manifold backend +$ apt-get install python-django-south * init django -$ manage.py syncdb +** when django prompts for creating an admin account, create it and +** keep the username and password safe +$ ./manage.py syncdb +$ ./manage.py migrate * gather static files -$ make static +$ ./manage.py collectstatic +-- or -- +$ ./manage.py collectstatic --noinput +-- or -- +$ make static (which is a shorthand for cleaning up and run manage collectstatic --noinput) + +* gather templates files + for now we still seem to rely on a make-based templates-collection process + that creates templates/ +$ make templates [$ make redo (each time when you pull, do that and restart the server)] + + +## Whenever doing a git pull the following operations are recommended: + +$ make static # will refresh static/ from all the pieces in the project +$ make templates # same, for templates +$ make redo-static # clears up (rm -rf) static/ first, then make static +$ make redo-templates # ditto for templates +$ make redo == make redo-static redo-templates + * run a local server: -$ manage.py runserver 0.0.0.0:8000 +$ ./manage.py runserver 0.0.0.0:8000 -- or -- my advice: $ devel/server-loop.sh when you just need to hit ^C yourself when your static files need to be refreshed - see below * use it from your browser +(See more notes on using the development server below) -.......... NOTES on using the development server -. first off, running manage.py runserver is provided by django as a development convenience but SHOULD NOT be used in production -. second, when you do use it for developement purposes, please be aware that: -.. the recommended layout for the various files and pieces (py, html, js and css) qith django is really painful - we should use e.g. plugins/simplelist.py, plugins/templates/plugins.html, plugins/static/js/simplelist.js and plugins/static/css/simplelist.css -.. as that does not make sense IMHO, I've rewritten the tool for gathering these pieces in such a layout but from a completely flat codebase - I mean I want to be able to store all the files building a plugin in a single (git) directory - Of course it's a completely different matter once the service is packaged and installed, these files of course get properly separated. -.. as a result it is a little bit less convenient to use the development server - when you change the layout of your static and template files, you might need to re-run 'make static', so it is recommended to use - devel/server-loop.sh instead - +* install dependencies +$ pip install -r path/to/requirements/file.txt +Note. not quite sure what this is about, I could not spot this file.. ==================== Status *** Authentication *** -Although there still are a few hard-coded accounts in the system, you -will only be able to see some static views and won't be able to send -real queries if you use these, so you'd better use a real account (one -that your manifold backend knows about). - -For logging out: click on 'logged as *jean*', this shows a -confirmation page for logging out. this is intended to be temporary. - +Should be mostly fine +Not quite sure if/how the user gets proper notifications when +. his session has expired (i.e. his frontend is not logged into the backend any longer) +. his credentials have expired (i.e. the uploaded credentials, e.g. SFA delegated cred) + expired and she needs to run e.g. sfi myslice again -*** Features *** +Hard-coded accounts (from a very early stage) are gone -We have a basic model for asynchroneous queries (referring to manifold -queries) and for plugins (in the most general sense a plugin is just a -piece of the output that may be connected to a query) -Right now the UI has a handful of demo views only; as of this writing -only the list of slices actually comes from the manifold backend in an -asynchroneous way. +*** Packaging *** -Also all the views are gathered in the trash/ locations for now, being -that they're only for assessment purposes. +I've done a very rough attempt at packaging for rpm. +The logic seems about right but needs more work, in particular in terms of installing myslice.conf +in the httpd conf.d directory. +It seems like our app won't work on f14 as is because Django is only 1.3.1 on f14 +Plan is to target f18 but I lack a test machine. +Also of course I'll try to tackle debian/ubunti at some point. -* dahsboard : has one async. query and 2 plugins that share that - query; the intent was to demo a different layout in both cases, - although the datatables one won't work yet at this point. +There also is a working packaging for debian(s) and ubuntu(s) that we use +on an almost daily basis to upgrade manifold.pl.sophia.inria.fr -* the 'Plugin' view demonstrates most of the available plugins. - -* slice view : only demonstrates how to use URLs to pass arguments along - -* scroll view : mostly it only illustrates that some pages can be made - public (no need to login) - -* tab view : a hand-made tab widget - -Not much effort has yet been put into coming up with a nice layout, -feel free to tweak that but it's probably still way too early for -this. ==================== @@ -97,41 +95,56 @@ Third party tools shipped: * spin * bootstrap -I've tried to keep track of the version I picked and to have an easy upgrade path. +Others are added as we build the system when they become needed +Look in third-party/ for a more detailed list + +As a rule of thumb, please try to keep in mind that these will need to +be upgraded over time I've tried to keep track of the version I picked +and to have an easy upgrade path (depending on the way the original +package is published) ==================== Contents: 1st level subdirs ========== code from git -* myslice: + +* myslice/ this is the django 'project', where to look for . settings.py . urls.py -* engine: - the code for building / rendering plugins / queries +* manifold/ + the code for dealing with queries, sending them to the backend, and offering the /manifold/proxy/ URL -* plugins: +* unfold/ + the code for building / rendering plugins + +* plugins/ the actual code for plugins -* auth: +* auth/ a django 'app' that deals with authentication; see especially auth.backend.MyCustomBackend for how to use a separate authentication system, as well as settings.py for how to enable it -* insert_above: - a third-party django app for adding on-the-fly mentions to css or js files that need to go in the header +* ui/ + provides building blocks for the UI, especially layouts (1 or 2 columns) as + well as the topmenu widget + + some global static files (css, js, images..) + +* portal/ + this is where the first implementation of myslice, with complete + user-management including registration, is taking place * trash/ - rough/preliminary views in here - as the name suggests this is temporary + rough/preliminary scaffolding views are in here + as the name suggests this is temporary -* views/ - will receive actual views over time - currently has some global html templates as well +* insert_above: + a third-party django app for adding on-the-fly mentions to css or js files that need to go in the header * third-party/ - * third party stuff (bootstrapfs, jquery, datatables) - * + some global static files (css, js, images..) + * third party javascript and css stuff (bootstrapfs, jquery, this kind of things) see more about that below too * devel: @@ -139,48 +152,105 @@ I've tried to keep track of the version I picked and to have an easy upgrade pat ========== automatically generated -* all-static: (generated, no need to source-control) - this is where 'make static' will gather all your static contents if you run a local server - make has convenience targets to refresh this area - $ make static - $ make clean-static +* static/: (generated by collectstatic, see above, do not source-control) + $ manage.py [ --noinput ] collectstatic + +* templates/ * myslice.sqlite3 this is where django stores its own stuff, as per settings.py -==================== conventions for templates +==================== conventions for templates & static files +==================== and NOTES on using the development server + +. first off, running manage.py runserver is provided by django as a development convenience but + SHOULD NOT be used in production + +. second, when you do use it for developement purposes, please be aware that: + +.. the recommended layout for the various files and pieces (py, html, js and css) with django is e.g. + plugins/quickfilter/___init__.py, + plugins/quickfilter/templates/quickfilter.html, + plugins/quickfilter/static/js/quickfilter.js + plugins/quickfilter/static/css/quickfilter.css + plugins/quickfilter/static/img/some-image.png + +.. the files actually used by the development server are the ones located in + static/ + templates/ + +you can and should use the following make targets to refresh the +contents of these directories when running a developement server +$ make static to refresh static/ +$ make redo-static to clean up static/ and then refresh its contents +$ make templates to refresh templates/ +$ make redo-templates to clean up templates/ and then refresh its contents +$ make redo equivalent to make redo-static redo-templates + +.. as far as possible, please make sure to use third-party to store +any javascript tool or utility that your plugin depends upon + +also we have the convention that all material in third-party should be +tagged with a version number, with a symlink pointing to the version +being used, like this + +~/git/myslice/third-party $ ls -ld spin* +lrwxr-xr-x 1 parmentelat staff 10 Sep 6 17:55 spin -> spin-1.3.0 +drwxr-xr-x 7 parmentelat staff 238 Sep 6 17:55 spin-1.2.8 +drwxr-xr-x 7 parmentelat staff 238 Sep 6 17:55 spin-1.3.0 + +finally, as far as possible we keep track of the urls used to pull +stuff in the first place so that upgrades are easier + +. third, be careful when importing third party material, to stay away from demo-oriented material + +e.g. at some point we were using demo_page.css and demo_table.css from the datatables demo and sample pages +unfortunately these are not tailored for production use as they are setting styles on a very wide scope +that breaks a lot of stuff, so please refrain from using these altogether + + +======== update django database to reflect changes in existing models without any migration system (e.g., south) ========= + +# older version +$python manage.py reset + +#Django 1.5.1 or later +$python manage.py flush + +This will update the database tables for your app, but will completely destroy any data that existed in those tables. +If the changes you made to your app model do not break your old schema (for instance, you added a new, optional field) +you can simply dump the data before and reload it afterwards, like so: + +$python manage.py syncdb +$python manage.py dumpdata > temp_data.json +$python manage.py flush +$python manage.py loaddata temp_data.json + +If your changes break your old schema this won't work - in which case tools like south or django evolution are great. + + +Add a new model to the DB -* templates: - we store this under templates/ within the corresponding app, e.g. - auth/templates/login.html - for now this is mostly about html, but the engine can be used for rendering anything - including js(on) or whatever.. +$python manage.py schemamigration --auto +$python manage.py migrate -==================== conventions for static files +======== update django database to reflect changes in existing models with migration system (e.g., south) ========= -* static files: - we chose to have all static files (images, but also javascript and stylesheets) in the various - proj or app where they belong, under a static/ subdir that has this structure: - where-it-belongs/ - img/ - css/ - js/ +As south is already installed , you just have to do: -* filenames / locations +$./manage.py migrate - you can run the following make targets to have a summary of where things are +if it fails: - $ make list-html list-js list-css list-img - -- or -- - $ make list-all +1. go to myslice directory +2. do sqlite3 myslice.sqlite3 [if sqlite3: command not found, do $apt-get install sqlite3] +3. check the list of tables with sqlite> .tables +4. if you find those tables that was mentioned in the failure message while running $./manage.py migrate + do sqlite> DROP TABLE mentioned_table + [mentioned_table = the tables that was explicity mentioned in the failure message of $./manage.py migrate] +5. sqlite> .quit +6. $./manage.py migrate -* plugins - use a naming scheme as simple as possible - like e.g. - plugins/quickfilter/quickfilter.py - plugins/quickfilter/quickfilter.html - plugins/quickfilter/quickfilter.js - plugins/quickfilter/quickfilter.css