chia-blockchain-gui

Welcome to the Chia GUI repo!

Chia GUI is written in TypeScript and uses Electron/React.

This monorepo consists of the following packages:

Package name	Description
api	JS/TS library to access the Chia Blockchain RPC
api-react	React library that wraps api in hooks
core	Common React components and hooks
gui	The actual GUI package. It uses our packages like api-react and core under the hood
icons	Chia specific icons
wallets	Common React components and hooks. Do not use this in you project. Will be merged to core package soon

Development

This repo (chia-blockchain-gui) must be under chia-blockchain repo. Please follow the installation steps for the chia-blockchain. Make sure to install from source code (git clone...).
Run the sh install-gui.sh as instructed in the previous step. This will clone the chia-blockchain-gui under chia-blockchain repo.
Change directory into the chia-blockchain-gui subdirectory.
Run npm run dev:gui

When developing, please:

Only edit the code with the Vscode editor.
Always have chia-blockchain-gui opened as a root folder in the Vscode and not chia-blockchain, or chia-blockchain-gui/packages/... Failing to do so will result in incorrect auto linting and auto formatting which would not go through the CI quality checks.
When you open the repo in the vscode, click on "Install recommended plugins" pop-up.
To develop in testnet, please follow these steps.
Please write tests for your code
When disabling an eslint rule, please provide a reason after two dashes (--), example:

// eslint-disable-next-line react-hooks/exhaustive-deps -- Some dependencies intentionally left out

To install an NPM package, please navigate to the root directory of this repo.

To install lodash for all packages: npx lerna add lodash
To install lodash for single package: npx lerna add lodash --scope=@chia-network/icons
To install as a dev dependency, add --dev

After adding a new NPM package, please pin down the package version. This is done to lower the possibility of supply chain attacks.

react/no-array-index-key

Only use index as a key when all of the following conditions are met:
1. the list and items are static / hardcoded.
2. the list is never reordered or filtered.
In all other cases, you have to figure out what unique string you will use as a key, or create a dedicated ID.
import/no-extraneous-dependencies

Packages that are used only in development should not be present on the production build. You have 3 options:
1. If it's a whole directory, add it to the .eslintrc.json file
2. If it's a single file, rename it by adding .dev. in the extension. Example: file.ts -> file.dev.ts
3. If it's a file that is run on the production, use this:
```
if (process.env.NODE_ENV === 'development') {
  // eslint-disable-next-line global-require -- We cannot use import since it should be only loaded in development
  const package = require('package');
}
```

Git branch from "main"
For Chia employees: prefix your branch with your name, like this: yourName/what-is-the-code-about. This helps when cleaning up old branches.
All commits must be signed.

Do not edit files directly in the repo, but instead please head over to our Crowdin project and add/edit translations there.

npm install in the root directory does not install packages correctly (Or other Lerna issues)

Please run npx lerna clean -y && rm -rf node_modules && npm install && npx lerna bootstrap
npm run dev:gui fails to start the app without providing a reason
1. In your command line, please go to the chia-blockchain directory (one level up)
2. Run . ./activate
3. Run cd chia-blockchain-gui
4. Run npm run dev:gui to start the app.
5. If still does not work, please open you process manager and kill all Chia / Python related processes.
Why does my component keep rerendering?

We have why-did-you-render installed.

You will see the reasons in the electron console after adding this to your functional component:
```
YourComponent.whyDidYouRender = {
  logOnDifferentValues: true,
}
```

In the Chia Electron app, click View -> Developer -> Developer tools.
In the console tab of the developer tools, change the default console events to include verbose events. These are the events emitted from the debug package.

Please follow the Install and configure the simulator. Do this step only once.
In the chia-blockchain directory, run this to setup the ENV variables. Use these instead of the ones mentioned in the above guide.

export CHIA_ROOT=~/.chia/simulator/main
export CHIA_SIMULATOR_ROOT=~/.chia/simulator
export CHIA_KEYS_ROOT=~/.chia_keys_simulator

. ./activate
chia start simulator
cd chia-blockchain-gui/packages/gui
npm run dev:skipLocales
You should see your simulator wallets. You should not see your testNet / mainNet wallets.
Run chia dev sim farm as many times you want to farm some coins.

Please check out the wiki and FAQ for information on this project.