Realize a decent packaging and provide first simple tests

[EricBoix]

The current version of the first prototype (Vilo3D demo application) is just a juxtaposition of files as opposed to being

• tested
• properly packaged with npm (and webpack)...

Take some inspiration out of iTowns and provide :

• package.json
• some simple tests
• some Babel stuf...

[EricBoix]

JGA: Document a little bit out of Oslandia's IRC feedback.

[Jeremy-Gaillard]

• npm

  • Dependency handling
  • Can define scripts to build, test, or start a test server
  • iTowns npm configuration: package.json

• webpack

  • Application bundler: transform a list of source files into a static module
  • Can be enriched with various plug-ins (see below)
  • iTowns webpack configuration: webpack.config.js

• babel

  • Compile modern JavaScript (ES6 norm) into browser-ready JavaScript
  • iTowns babel config: .bablerc, webpack-babel.config.js

• eslint

  • Linter for JavaScript
  • iTowns eslint config: .eslintrc.js, .eslintignore

[EricBoix]

I'm trying to "import" a minimal subset of iTowns configuration files (for the above mentioned tools) to UDV. I created a small context within my UDV fork to explore this : in order to reproduce the error mentioned below just use

git clone https://github.com/EricBoix/UDV
cd UDV/UDV-Core
npm install
npm transpile
npm build

With the help of some docs (Transpiling ES6 to ES5 using babel, ES6 Imports with Babel) I was able to clear a few hurdles (probably with some kludges) like using babel-present-env instead of es2015.

We (with VJA) are now stuck on the following error (on npm run transpile):

Error: node_modules/ajv/dist/ajv.bundle.js: Can't resolve './compile/util' in '[...]/UDV-Core/node_modules/ajv/dist

Any clue for us ?

[jailln]

Inputs about test-suites and iTown's discussions about these can be found here

[EricBoix]

Refer to new issue #34 for the remaining work.