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Contributing Guideline

Thanks for contributing to scrollnav. Without you and the Open Source community this project wouldn't be possible. Before you get started, please familiarize yourself with the project and its standards.

Issue Reports

If you're looking for a way to contribute to this project, your best bet is to start with the current issues. Whether it's a new feature you'd like added, a bug you've found, or a question about using the plugin, there's always a chance you're not alone. Take a look through both the open and closed issues before creating a new one yourself.

Improvements/features

Before working on a new feature please submit an issue suggesting the feature and ensure that it is greenlighted. I'd hate for you to spend your time building a new feature that doesn't fit the project's scope or intentions.

Bugs

Before submitting a bug report, please create a reproducable test, either as a failing unit test on your own fork, or by forking the starter demo from Codepen and adjusting as necessary. It's a whole lot easier to address issues if I can understand the situation. If it's not obvious what's broken in your demo, include step-by-step instructions on how to reproduce the problem within the issue description.

Pull Requests

You've found a bug or had a feature greenlighted and you're ready to dig in and get to work. Congrats! This project was built and continues to improve from direct contributions from folks like you. Before you get too far, please be sure to read through and understand the steps below.

Important notes

Please don't edit files in the dist subdirectory as they are generated via NPM script. You'll find source code in the src subdirectory.

Code style

This project utilizes Prettier to ensure a consistent code style. Write your changes however you prefer but be sure to run npm run format prior to submitting a Pull Request. Don't worry about making a lot of small commits, your changes will be squashed within Github when the Pull Request is merged.

Testing

This project uses Jest for its unit tests. Prior to submitting a Pull Request, please ensure new functionality is tested and adjustments to previous functionality continue to pass. A failing test is better than no test at all and gives me a place to start reviewing.

Additionally, it's a good idea to ensure your changes work in actual browsers. Including a demo on Codepen is a great way to ensure your changes are reviewed and merged in a timely manner. I've created a base Pen for you to fork and edit.

Modifying the code

First, ensure that you are working with Node.js version 8 or later and npm version 5 or later. Older versions of Node are supported but it's best to work with the Long Term Support (LTS), currently version 8.

  1. Fork and clone the repo.
  2. Run npm install to install the development dependencies.
  3. Create a new branch that's appropriately named. Please don't work directly in your master branch, it makes testing locally difficult.
  4. Add failing tests for the change you want to make in the test/tests directory. Run npm test to see the tests fail.
  5. Edit the source files in the src directory.
  6. Run npm test to see if the tests pass. Repeat steps 2-4 until done.
  7. Run npm run build to generate the transpiled files in the dist directory.
  8. Update the documentation to reflect any changes in functionality.
  9. Commit and push your the branch to Github.
  10. Navigate to your branch on Github and then to the dist/scrollnav.min.js file.
  11. Select the "Raw" button and copy the file URL.
  12. Fork the starter demo in Codepen and then click settings.
  13. Under "Add External Scripts/Pens" replace the existing dist/scrollnav.min.js file URL with your raw file URL.
  14. Test the interactions and ensure your intended changes work as expected.
  15. Submit a Pull Request making sure to write a descriptive comment and include your forked Codepen URL.

Note: If none of this makes sense, it's ok. Any contribution is a useful one, even if it's not accepted. Please feel free to reach out to me to ask for help or clarification, I'm @jimmynotim on Twitter.

To view all available build tasks run npm run without any arguments.