Developer Onboarding

Pre-Requisites

Versions

Prepare environment

Python <PYTHON_VERSION>

pyenv install --skip-existing $PYTHON_VERSION

NodeJS <NODEJS_VERSION>

AWS CDK <CDK_VERSION>

Follow the instructions below:

If you want to upgrade CDK version for your existing IDEA dev environment, run:

Docker Desktop (Optional)

Follow instructions on the below link to install Docker Desktop. (Required if you are working with creating Docker Images)

https://docs.docker.com/desktop/mac/install/

Clone Git Repo

All CRs will be accepted only against the main branch.

Virtual Environment

Activate your python virtual environment via:

If your PYENV_VERSION command is not working for any reason, you can create venv using below command:

Install Dev Requirements

Note for MacOS users

BigSur Note: cryptography and orjson library requirements fail to install on MacOS BigSur.

To fix cryptography, follow the instructions mentioned here: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/64919326/pip-error-installing-cryptography-on-big-sur

To fix orjson, run:

Verify Dev Setup

Run below command to check if development environment is working as expected, run:

Running this command should print output like below:

Clean, Build and Package

Run idea-admin.sh in Developer Mode

The IDEA_DEV_MODE environment variable is used to indicate if idea-admin.sh should use the Docker Image or Run from sources.

  • If IDEA_DEV_MODE=true, idea-admin.sh will execute administrator app directly using sources.

  • If IDEA_DEV_MODE=false (default), idea-admin.sh will attempt to download the docker image for the latest release version and execute administrator app using Docker Container.

Export IDEA_DEV_MODE=true on your terminal, before executing idea-admin.sh on from project root.

You will need to run export IDEA_DEV_MODE=true, each time you open a new Terminal session.

Verify if Developer Mode is enabled

To verify, if Developer Mode is enabled, run below command. This should print (Developer Mode) at the end of the banner.

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