rally-app-builder

#rally-app-builder

First Install Node.js

Second Install the Rally App Builder Globally npm install -g rally-app-builder

If you don't have permission to install it globally you can install it locally like this

npm install rally-app-builder

API

Usage: rally-app-builder [command] [options]

Commands:

init [--name] [--sdk] [--server]
Creates a new Rally App project

build [--templates]
Builds the current App

clone [--organization] [--repo]
Creates a new Rally App project from an existing GitHub project.

run [--port]
Starts a local server and launches the App in the default browser

watch [--templates]
Automatically builds the App when files are changed

Options:

-h, --help     output usage information
-v, --version  output the version number

Run Tests

To run the tests: npm test

Commands

###init rally-app-builder init --name=myNewApp Creating a new Rally App is as easy as using init. The init command creates you a After init creates your App it will automatically run the build command on it for you.

The init command takes a few parameters.

• name : The first is the name for your new App.
  • rally-app-builder init --name=myNewApp
• sdk(optional) : The version of the SDK your App will be created against.
  • rally-app-builder init --name=myNewApp --sdk=2.1
• server(optional) : The server you want the debug file to point to. The command below will create a new App using version 2.0 and pointing to the server myownRally.com
  • rally-app-builder init --name=myNewApp --sdk=2.1 --server=https://myOwnRally.com

build

Use the build command to compile your App into a single HTML page that can be copy and pasted into a Rally customer html page Run this command before you check your file into source control or whenever you make a change to your config.json file.

The build command can optionally take a templates parameter to use custom html output templates. Note this is an advanced usage and is generally not necessary unless you are trying to tweak the structure of the generated html output.

rally-app-builder build --templates=./templates

Also note this parameter can be specified in the config.json file as well.

Custom build steps

You can define pre and post build commands to be executed by adding them to your config.json. These can be used to extend and support the rally app build/concatenation steps. An example using grunt (which by default will run your tests):

{
   "scripts": {
      "prebuild": "./node_modules/.bin/grunt"
      "postbuild": "echo 'build completed'"
   }
}

clone

rally-app-builder clone --org=RallyApps --repo=StoryBoard

Most Rally Apps are created by using an existing App as a template. By using the rally-app-builder clone command you can get a copy of the existing App without installing the Git CLI. This command makes some changes to the config file so that we can tell which App you based your work on. As we determine which apps you are most interested in customizing we take that as input on ways to improve the existing catalog App.

run

rally-app-builder run

The run command starts a local http server and launches your App-debug.html file in the default browser for quick an easy development. By default the server listens on port 1337. This can be changed as follows:

rally-app-builder run --port=9999

watch

rally-app-builder watch [--templates]

The watch command listens for changes to app files and automatically rebuilds the app.

Unit Testing your new App.

The guide for unit testing your App can be found on this page.

Install

Rally-App-Builder is provided under the MIT license.