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## Directories
- config (dev config files)
- data (App data)
- db (Base database and migration scripts)
- dist (Frontend build)
- docker (Dockerfiles)
- extra (Extra useful scripts)
- public (Frontend resources for dev only)
- server (Server source code)
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## Project Styles
I personally do not like it when something requires so much learning and configuration before you can finally start the app.
I personally do not like something that requires so many configurations before you can finally start the app. I hope Uptime Kuma installation could be as easy as like installing a mobile app.
- Easy to install for non-Docker users, no native build dependency is needed (at least for x86_64), no extra config, no extra effort required to get it running
- Easy to install for non-Docker users, no native build dependency is needed (for x86_64/armv7/arm64), no extra config, no extra effort required to get it running
- Single container for Docker users, no very complex docker-compose file. Just map the volume and expose the port, then good to go
- Settings should be configurable in the frontend. Environment variable is not encouraged, unless it is related to startup such as `DATA_DIR`.
- Settings should be configurable in the frontend. Environment variable is not encouraged, unless it is related to startup such as `DATA_DIR`
- Easy to use
- The web UI styling should be consistent and nice.
- The web UI styling should be consistent and nice
## Coding Styles
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- Follow ESLint
- Methods and functions should be documented with JSDoc
## Name convention
## Name Conventions
- Javascript/Typescript: camelCaseType
- SQLite: snake_case (Underscore)
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- IDE that supports ESLint and EditorConfig (I am using IntelliJ IDEA)
- A SQLite GUI tool (SQLite Expert Personal is suggested)
## Install dependencies
## Install Dependencies for Development
```bash
npm ci
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npm run dev
```
But sometimes, you would like to keep restart the server, but not the frontend, you can run these command in two terminals:
```
npm run start-frontend-dev
npm run start-server-dev
```
## Backend Server
It binds to `0.0.0.0:3001` by default.
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### Structure in /server/
- jobs/ (Jobs that are running in another process)
- model/ (Object model, auto mapping to the database table name)
- modules/ (Modified 3rd-party modules)
- monitor_types (Monitor Types)
- notification-providers/ (individual notification logic)
- routers/ (Express Routers)
- socket-handler (Socket.io Handlers)
- server.js (Server entry point and main logic)
- server.js (Server entry point)
- uptime-kuma-server.js (UptimeKumaServer class, main logic should be here, but some still in `server.js`)
## Frontend Dev Server
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### Update Dependencies
Install `ncu`
https://github.com/raineorshine/npm-check-updates
```bash
ncu -u -t patch
npm install
```
Since previously updating Vite 2.5.10 to 2.6.0 broke the application completely, from now on, it should update patch release version only.
Patch release = the third digit ([Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/))
If for maybe security reasons, a library must be updated. Then you must need to check if there are any breaking changes.
## Translations
Please read: https://github.com/louislam/uptime-kuma/tree/master/src/languages