CONTRIBUTING.md

Contributing

We're so excited you're interested in helping with SuperTokens! We are happy to help you get started, even if you don't have any previous open-source experience 😊

New to Open Source?

1. Take a look at How to Contribute to an Open Source Project on GitHub
2. Go thorugh the SuperTokens Code of Conduct

Where to ask Questions?

1. Check our Github Issues to see if someone has already answered your question.
2. Join our community on Discord and feel free to ask us your questions

As you gain experience with SuperTokens, please help answer other people's questions! 🙏

What to Work On?

You can get started by taking a look at our Github issues
If you find one that looks interesting and no one else is already working on it, comment in the issue that you are going to work on it.

Please ask as many questions as you need, either directly in the issue or on Discord. We're happy to help!:raised_hands:

Contributions that are ALWAYS welcome

1. More tests
2. Contributing to discussions that can be found here
3. Improved error messages
4. Educational content like blogs, videos, courses

Development Setup

Prerequisites

• OS: Linux or macOS
• JDK: openjdk 12.0.2. Installation instructions for Mac and Linux can be found in our wiki
• IDE: IntelliJ(recommended) or equivalent IDE

Familiarize yourself with SuperTokens

1. Architecture of SuperTokens
2. SuperTokens code and file structure overview
3. Versioning methodology

Project Setup

1. Fork the supertokens-core repository (Skip this step if you are NOT modifying supertokens-core)

2. git clone https://github.com/supertokens/supertokens-root.git

3. cd supertokens-root

4. Open the modules.txt file in an editor (Skip this step if you are NOT modifying supertokens-core):

   • The modules.txt file contains the core, plugin-interface, the type of plugin and their branches(versions)
   • By default the master branch is used but you can change the branch depending on which version you want to modify
   • The sqlite-plugin is used as the default plugin as it is an in-memory database and requires no setup
     • core
     • plugin-interface
     • sqlite-plugin
     • Check the repository branches by clicking on the links listed above, click the branch tab and check for all the available versions
   • Add your github username separated by a ',' after core,master in modules.txt
   • If, for example, your github username is helloworld then modules.txt should look like...

     // put module name like module name,branch name,github username(if contributing with a forked repository) and then call ./loadModules script        
     core,master,helloworld  
     plugin-interface,master        
     sqlite-plugin,master
     

5. Run loadModules to clone the required repositories
   ./loadModules

6. Create a directory called sqlite_db, this directory is required to run tests with the sqlite-plugin
   mkdir sqlite_db

Modifying code

1. Open supetokens-root in your IDE
2. After gradle has imported all the dependencies you can start modifying the code

Testing

1. Navigate to the supertokens-root repository
2. Run all tests
   ./startTestingEnv
3. If all tests pass the terminal should display

• core tests:
  
• plugin tests:
  

Pull Request

1. Before submitting a pull request make sure all tests have passed
2. Reference the relevant issue or pull request and give a clear description of changes/features added when submitting a pull request

SuperTokens Community

SuperTokens is made possible by a passionate team and a strong community of developers. If you have any questions or would like to get more involved in the SuperTokens community you can check out:

• Github Issues
• Discord
• Twitter
• or email us

Additional resources you might find useful:

• SuperTokens Docs
• Blog Posts