Development Guide

This guide covers daily development workflows, best practices, and conventions for contributing to AccessALI.

Quick Links

• Development Workflow - Daily development process
• Docker Development - Working with Docker containers
• Project Structure - Understanding the codebase
• Coding Conventions - Code style and patterns
• Error Handling - Error handling patterns
• Testing - Testing strategies

Daily Workflow

Morning Routine

# Start development environment
cd src
pnpm docker:dev

# Or for local development
pnpm dev

During Development

1. Edit Code - Make changes in your editor
2. Hot Reload - Browser automatically updates
3. Check Logs - pnpm docker:logs:app
4. View Database - pnpm docker:db:studio

End of Day

# Stop services
pnpm docker:down

Development Tools

Required

• VS Code with recommended extensions
• Docker Desktop (for container development)
• Git for version control

Recommended

• Prisma Studio for database management
• Postman for API testing
• TablePlus or pgAdmin for database client

Learn More

• Development Workflow - Complete workflow guide
• Project Structure - Codebase organization
• Coding Conventions - Style guide