From 0fef95347c9f0d0605b70683dbd6620f78bd4219 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nolan Lawson <nolan@nolanlawson.com>
Date: Sun, 18 Feb 2018 14:38:10 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] update readme

---
 README.md    | 42 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 package.json |  2 +-
 2 files changed, 42 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 9981cffe..92070225 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,3 +1,43 @@
 # Pinafore
 
-A mobile-optimized web client for [https://joinmastodon.org](Mastodon).
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+An alternative web client for [Mastodon](https://joinmastodon.org]).
+
+## Building
+
+    npm install
+    npm run build
+    PORT=4002 npm start
+
+## Development
+
+    npm run dev
+
+## Testing in development mode
+
+In separate terminals:
+
+1\. Run a Mastodon dev server (note this destroys the `mastodon_development` database and inserts canned data):
+
+    npm run run-mastodon
+
+2\. Run a Pinafore dev server:
+
+    npm run dev
+
+3\. Run a Cypress dev environment:
+
+    npm run cy:open 
+
+If you want to export the current data in the Mastodon instance as canned data, so that it can be loaded later:
+
+    npm run backup-mastodon-data
+
+## Testing
+
+Lint:
+
+    npm run lint
+
+Run Cypress tests:
+
+    npm test
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diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 9cd07f2f..6d306700 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
     "wait-for-mastodon-to-start": "node bin/wait-for-mastodon-to-start.js",
     "globalize-css": "node ./bin/globalize-css.js",
     "deglobalize-css": "node ./bin/globalize-css.js --reverse",
-    "backup-mastodon-for-tests": "pg_dump -Fc mastodon_development > fixtures/dump.sql && cd mastodon/public/system && tar -czf ../../../fixtures/system.tgz ."
+    "backup-mastodon-data": "pg_dump -Fc mastodon_development > fixtures/dump.sql && cd mastodon/public/system && tar -czf ../../../fixtures/system.tgz ."
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "@gamestdio/websocket": "^0.2.2",