IQSS / IQSS/dataverse-frontend
Suggest a free and open source IDE for contributors
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- TypeScript
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Description
Contributors are welcome to use whatever IDE or text editor they wish, of course, but I'd like to propose that we pick a free and open source one to mention in the README (and CONTRIBUTING) file. That way they can contribute without financial cost. This is why we suggest Netbeans for the backend: "Developers may use any editor or IDE. We recommend NetBeans because it is free, works cross platform..." -- https://guides.dataverse.org/en/5.13/developers/dev-environment.html#install-netbeans-or-maven
For the frontend, so far I've had good luck with Visual Studio Code: https://code.visualstudio.com
Assuming we decide on VS Code, we could also suggest some extensions:
- run Vitest tests individually: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=ZixuanChen.vitest-explorer
- ...
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Review the README and CONTRIBUTING files, then compare the existing NetBeans recommendation with the proposed Visual Studio Code links and extensions. Confirm which free and open source IDE should be recommended; done means the decision and any selected extensions are documented for contributors.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- typescript, vscode
- Domain
- developer-experience, documentation
- Issue type
- Documentation
- Difficulty
- 2/5
- Estimated time
- 1-3 hours
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 45/100