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Model-Explorer - Developer guide

This project is a single page application. It uses:

• React to build visual components;
• sparql-connect to populate components with sparql query results;
• webpack to bundle all the application assets into one file;
• javascript ES6 syntax, thanks to the webpack plugin for babel ;
• jison to build a parser for sparql (grammar comes from SPARQL.js).

redux is used by sparql-connect to manage the state of the application, but understanding of redux is not a prerequisite.

For those who would be confused by some libraries or some coding practices used in this application, relevant information might be found in these documents:

• How to add a functionality;
• Routing mechanism (what appears in the navigation bar);
• How to populate React components with sparql query results;
• Something about javascript bothers you when reading the code;
• Bootstrapping the application.