The problems described in embark PR #1166 can be resolved by implementing the
blockchain proxy with `http-proxy` directly instead of using `express` together
with `http-proxy-middleware`. The ultimate cause of the buggy behavior (the
"stuck sockets" problems described in #1166) is unknown.
The need to swallow some errors as described in embark PR #1181 is also
eliminated by dropping `http-proxy-middleware` and `express`.
For reasons unknown, `ECONNRESET` errors on websocket connections to embark's
blockchain proxy are not automatically handled on Windows as they are on macOS
and Linux (or those errors aren't happening on those platforms, it's difficult
to determine). Explicitly swallow such errors so the blockchain process doesn't
crash. Prior to this PR, the crash-behavior can be reproduced on Windows by
running `embark blockchain` and `embark run` in separate terminals and quitting
`embark run` while `embark blockchain` is still running.
Consistently use the `simples` package's `WsParser` to process websocket
traffic instead of using `WsParser` for requests and the `ws` package's
`Websocket.Receiver` for responses.
Consistently use `pump` to connect parser streams instead of using `pump` in
some places and `chain` in others. Drop use of `cloneable` (and the package
dependency) since it was used previously in hopes it would fix the errors, but
it's unnecessary and didn't fix them.
The webpack process took quite a while to run, and there were no updates in the console while running.
This PR adds a spinner (when there is no dashboard) and status updates every 5 seconds. When there is a dashboard, the updates are added to a new line.
After (with dashboard):
After (`—nodashboard`):
Convert LongRunningProcessTimer to TypeScript
PR feedback and consistency changes
Changed the constructor signature to accept an options object instead of individual optional parameters, for readability.
Changed library_manager to use the spinner when not using the dashboard, for consistency’s sake. Additionally increased the update time for the library manager from 750ms to 1s.
Fix lint errors
Added `"variable-name": ["allow-leading-underscore”]` to `tslint.json` due to a lack of the ability to prefix backing variables with underscore. This is an [ongoing discussion](https://github.com/palantir/tslint/issues/1489), and something the community thinks should be implemented, as it the preferred way to use a property with backing variable in TypeScript.
**TL;DR**
These changes affect workflow with yarn. To prevent embark's `prepare` script
from running undesirably:
- If node_modules is in place and you're reinstalling after switching branches:
```
yarn run install_all
```
- If node_modules is missing (fresh clone or deleted):
```
EMBARK_NO_PREPARE=t yarn install && yarn run install_all
```
It's not recommended to set `EMBARK_NO_PREPARE` in your environment (e.g. in
`.bashrc`) since that would interfere with embark's `release` script if/when
you run it.
-----------------
**1.** Specify embark's build-related steps in the `prepare` script of
package.json.
When embark is installed directly from GitHub the `prepare` script results in a
"pre install" phase (handled automatically by npm/yarn) that fetches
devDependencies, builds embark (including embark-ui), packs a tarball with the
same steps (minus testing and tree-checking) as would happen during an embark
release, and finally does a production install from that tarball.
Important point: installs from GitHub must be performed with yarn; they're no
longer possible with npm since during the "pre install" phase npm will honor
embark's `.npmrc` and `"engines"` settings.
The following will work correctly after this commit is merged:
```
yarn [global] add git+https://github.com/embark-framework/embark.git
```
Use of "hosted git" shortcuts (e.g. `embark-framework/embark#bracnh`) won't
work correctly because yarn doesn't fully support them. See:
https://github.com/yarnpkg/yarn/issues/5235.
It's important to use `git+https` urls. Following a succesful install with
`git+https` it is possible to use a "hosted git" shortcut or `https` url, but
that's owing to a subtle and unreliable interaction between yarn's cache and
yarn's logic for installing from a url/shortcut.
**2.** Adjust the npm configs (`.npmrc`) for embark/-ui so that `yarn run [cmd]
[--opt]` can be used in place of `npm run [cmd] -- [--opt]`.
Either way is okay for running scripts, they're equivalent, but note the
requirement to use `--` before specifying command options with `npm run`.
**3.** Introduce yarn configs (`.yarnrc`) for embark/-ui and include the
`check-files` directive.
H/t to @alaibe for the recommendation.
**4.** Ignore embark's `dist/typings` and `scripts` directories when packing a
tarball.
**5.** Refactor embark/-ui's npm-scripts in relation to the `prepare` script,
and make other small improvements.
Notably, if the environment variable `EMBARK_NO_PREPARE` is truthy (from JS
perspective) then embark's `prepare` script will exit early. This prevents
`install_all` and `prepare` from getting stuck in a loop (`install:core` uses
cross-env to set `EMBARK_NO_PREPARE`) and provides a mechanism for users to
skip the `prepare` script when doing a fresh install:
```
EMBARK_NO_PREPARE=t yarn install
```
**6.** Give `.js` extensions to node scripts in embark's `scripts/`, remove the
shebang lines, and have npm-scripts explicitly invoke them with node.
This arrangement works for all platforms: Linux, macOS, and Windows.
**7.** Adjust travis and appveyor configs.
Since at present there aren't any tests or other CI steps that make use of
embark-ui's production build, set `EMBARK_NO_PREPARE` in the CI environments
and invoke `build:node` directly.
Check the working tree after `yarn install` for embark/-ui. This detects
situations where changes should have been committed to `yarn.lock` but were
not. Check the working tree again at the end to detect situations where ignore
files should have been adjusted but were not. Both checks could also detect
other surprising behavior that needs to be investigated. Any time the working
tree is not clean (there are untracked files or changes) CI will fail.
Drop CI runs for node 8.11.3 because that version ships with an older npm that
results in unstaged changes to the test apps' `package-lock.json` files,
causing the working tree check to fail at the end of the CI run. A simple
workaround isn't apparent, but the matter can be revisited.
**8.** Refactor embark's `release` script in light of the `prepare` script.
Notably, do the push step only after `npm publish` completes successfully. This
allows embark's `prepare` and `prepublishOnly` scripts to detect problems
before a commit and tag are pushed to GitHub, avoiding a need to rebase/revert
the remote release branch; the local branch will still need to have a commit
dropped and tag deleted before rerunning the `release` script.
Prompt the user if the `release` script is not being run in `--dry-run` mode.
Provide additional visual indicators of `--dry-run` mode.
Force the user to supply `--repo-branch [branch]` if the intention is to
release from a branch other than `master`.
Use proper stream parsing to consistently track JSON-RPC messages.
For HTTP POST requests use the `stream-json` package to assemble request and
response message objects.
For WebSocket requests continue to use `simples/lib/parsers/ws` to process
stream frames into messages. For Websocket responses use the Receiver class of
the `ws` package to process stream data into messages. In both cases, make use
of the `cloneable-readable` and `stream-chain` packages to avoid leaks.
This mishmash of stream parsing approaches is the result of much
experimentation to find a working solution. For example,
`simples/lib/parsers/ws` does't work for processing WebSocket responses and
`ws.Receiver` doesn't work for processing requests. Additional revisions may be
necessary.
Revise `blockchain_process/dev_funds.js` to use web3's HTTP provider if a DApp
disables the WebSocket proxy.
This commit automates our release process. It takes care of a couple of things:
- Bumps version number in package.json as needed, see below
- Generates changelog based on commit history
- Create release commit
- Tags release commit
- Pushes release commit including tags to upstream repository
- Publishes release on npm
There are a couple of options supported. The base command is run like this:
```
npm run release
```
This will do a minor bump and try to push to `origin` on `master`. However,
this can be altered with the following options.
```
npm run release -- --dry-run
```
Can be used to perform dry run and not actually committing, tagging, pushing,
publishing anything.
```
npm run release -- --release-as <something>
```
Something can be `minor`, `major`, `patch` or anything you want `foo`, `1.0.0` etc.
```
npm run release -- --prerelease alpha
```
Will create a prerelease version a la `4.0.0-alpha.x`.
```
npm run release -- --prerelease alpha --npm-dist-tag next
```
Publishes a dist tag on npm using dist tag `next`
```
npm run release -- --sign
```
Signs the release commit (you need to have PGP setup for that).
```
npm run release -- --repo-origin pascal --repo-branch foo/bar
```
Pushes the release commit into `pascal/foo/bar`.
yarn.lock files are generated for embark and embark-ui, and their package.json
files and other npm related files are updated to support and require using yarn
for development of embark itself and for embark's CI.
Allow for embark sources to be authored in TypeScript and/or JavaScript, and to
make use of upcoming features of the JS language. Sources in the src/ directory
are transpiled into the dist/ directory, and npm-scripts are provided to
support and automate various aspect of the build process. Source map support is
enabled at runtime, i.e. when invoking the embark cli and running embark's test
suite.
Michael Bradley, Jr
Iuri Matias
Jonathan Rainville
Andre Medeiros
emizzle
Jordan Last
Anthony Laibe
Pascal Precht
