README
plasma-js-lib
plasma-js-lib
is a JavaScript client library for interacting with PG Plasma clients.
plasma-js-lib
effectively wraps the JSON-RPC interface that our plasma clients expose and provides a nice API for app developers to work with.
Installation
There are several easy ways to start using plasma-js-lib
!
Node.js Apps
If you're developing a Node.js
application, you can simply install plasma-js-lib
via npm
:
$ npm install --save plasma-js-lib
Browser Apps
If you're developing a browser application, we provide a compressed and minified version of plasma-js-lib
that you can include in a <script>
tag.
<script src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/plasma-group/plasma-js-lib/master/dist/plasma-js-lib.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
Documentation
plasma-js-lib
API documentation is available here.
Contributing
Welcome! If you're looking to contribute to plasma-js-lib
, you're in the right place.
Contributing Guide and CoC
Plasma Group follows a Contributing Guide and Code of Conduct adapted slightly from the Contributor Covenant. All contributors are expected to read through this guide. We're here to cultivate a welcoming and inclusive contributing environment, and every new contributor needs to do their part to uphold our community standards.
Requirements and Setup
Cloning the Repo
Before you start working on plasma-js-lib
, you'll need to clone our GitHub repository:
git clone git@github.com:plasma-group/plasma-js-lib.git
Now, enter the repository.
cd plasma-js-lib
Node.js
plasma-js-lib
is tested and built with Node.js
.
Although you do not need Node.js
to use this library in your application, you'll need to install Node.js
(and its corresponding package manager, npm
) for your system before contributing.
We've provided a detailed explanation of now to install Node.js
on Windows, Mac, and Linux.
plasma-js-lib
has been tested on the following versions of Node:
- v8
- v9
- v10
If you're having trouble getting a component of plasma-js-lib
running, please try installing one of the above versions of Node.js
and try again.
It's pretty easy to switch Node.js
versions using n
.
First, install n
globally.
npm install -g n
Next, install your desired verson of Node.js
, say v10
:
n 10
Packages
plasma-js-lib
makes use of several npm
packages.
Install all required packages with:
$ npm install
Running Tests
plasma-js-lib
makes use of a combination of Mocha
(a testing framework) and Chai
(an assertion library) for testing.
Run all tests with:
$ npm test
Building
We're using gulp
to provide a process to build plasma-js-lib
for in-browser usage.
If you'd like to build plasma-js-lib
yourself, simply run:
$ npm run build