47. Using the code for the training#

Todo

  • Add info and link to repository of volto package

You can get the complete code for this training from GitHub.

47.1. The code-packages#

The add-on package ploneconf.site contains the complete backend code for this training excluding exercises. It is automatically downloaded from GitHub when you run make build in your Plone backend set up from Set up Plone for the Training.

The frontend app volto-ploneconf holds the code for the frontend excluding exercises. As explained in Set up Plone for the Training, it is to be installed side by side with the backend in a folder /frontend/. Optional frontend add-ons are configured here in packages.json.

The default branches of these repositories hold the code of the final chapter of the training. Each chapter that adds code to the package has a tag that can be used to get the code for that chapter.

47.2. Getting the code for a certain chapter#

To use the code for a certain chapter you need to checkout the appropriate tag for the chapter. The package will then contain the complete code for that chapter (excluding exercises).

If you want to add the code for the chapter yourself you have to checkout the tag for the previous chapter.

Here is an example:

git checkout views_2

The names of the tags are the same as the URL of the chapter. The tag for the chapter Vocabularies, Registry-Settings and Control Panels is registry. You can get it with git checkout registry.

47.3. Moving from chapter to chapter#

To change the code to the state of the next chapter checkout the tag for the next chapter:

git checkout views_3

If you made any changes to the code you have to get them out of the way first. This involves two things.

Warning

Make sure you have no new files or changes in the folder structure of ploneconf.site that you want to keep because the following will delete them!!!

git clean -fd
git stash

This does two things:

  1. It deletes any files that you added and are not part of the package.

  2. It will move away changes to files that are part of the package but not delete them. You can get them back later. You should learn about the command git stash before you try reapply stashed changes.

47.4. Tags#

Todo

Update list of tags in backend add-on.

These are the tags of the backend add-on for which there is code:

Chapter

Tag-Name

About Mastering Plone

Introduction

Set up Plone

The Case Study

The Features of Plone

anatomy

Configuring and Customizing Plone "Through The Web"

Theming

Extending Plone

Extending Plone With Add-on Packages

Dexterity I: Content types

buildout_1

buildout_1

Write Your Own Python Add-On to Customize Plone

eggs1

Views I

views_1

Page Templates

zpt

zpt_2

zpt_2

Views II: A Default View for "Talk"

views_2

Views III: A Talk List

views_3

Behaviors

behaviors_1

Writing Viewlets

viewlets_1

Programming Plone

IDEs and Editors

Custom Search

Turning Talks into Events

events

Workflow, Roles and Permissions

user_generated_content

Using Third-Party Behaviors

thirdparty_behaviors

Dexterity Types III: Sponsors

dexterity_3

Relations

relations

Vocabularies, Registry-Settings and Control Panels

registry

Creating a Dynamic Front Page

frontpage

Reusable Features packaged in add-ons

Complex Behaviors

A Viewlet for the Votable Behavior

Permissions

Using starzel.votable_behavior in ploneconf.site

Releasing Your Code

Buildout II: Getting Ready for Deployment

47.5. Updating the code-package#

This section is for trainers who want to update the code after changing something in the training documentation.

The current model uses only one branch of commits and maintains the integrity through rebases.

It goes like this:

  • Only one branch (main)

  • Write the code for chapter 1 and commit.

  • Write the code for chapter 2 and commit.

  • Add the code for chapter 3 and commit.

  • You realize that something is wrong in chapter 1.

  • You branch off at the commit id for chapter 1. git checkout -b temp 123456

  • You change the code and do a commit. git commit -am 'Changed foo to also do bar'

  • Switch to master and rebase on the branch holding the fix which will inject the new commit into master at the right place: git checkout master git rebase temp That inserts the changes into master in the right place. You only maintain a master branch that is a sequence of commits.

  • Then you need to update your chapter-docs to point to the corresponding commit ids:

    • chapter one: git checkout 121431243

    • chapter two: git checkout 498102980

Additionally you can

  • set tags on the respective commits and move these tags. This way the docs do not need to be changed when the code changes.

  • squash the commits between the chapters to every chapter is one commit.

To move tags after changes you do:

  • Move a to another commit: git tag -a <tagname> <commithash> -f

  • Move the tag on the server git push --tags -f

The final result should look like this:

../_images/code_tree.png