edx-cookiecutters

This repository holds most of the Open edX public cookiecutters.

Available cookiecutters

cookiecutter-django-ida

for creating new independently deployable apps (IDAs).

cookiecutter-django-app

for creating reusable Django packages (installable apps).

cookiecutter-python-library

for creating a Python package that follows Open edX standards.

cookiecutter-xblock

for creating a XBlock repository as well as a Dockerfile for building and running your XBlock in the xblock-sdk workbench.

Using the cookiecutters

1. One Time Setup

# Clone the repository
git clone git@github.com:edx/edx-cookiecutters.git
cd edx-cookiecutters

# Set up a virtualenv using virtualenvwrapper with the same name as the repo and activate it
mkvirtualenv -p python3.8 edx-cookiecutters

2. Create a cookiecutter Repository

These instructions assume you have cloned this repository and are currently in its head dir. You will need a virtualenv for running the cookiecutter. You can discard it once the cookiecutter has made your new repo.

Commands:

$ make requirements  # from inside edx-cookiecutter repo
# Replace <OUTPUT-DIRECTORY> with the base directory; your new directory will go inside.
# Replace <COOKIECUTTER-NAME> with one of the available cookiecutters documented above.
$ cookiecutter -o <OUTPUT-DIRECTORY> <COOKIECUTTER-NAME>

3. TODOs after creating cookiecutter

• Modify project README
• Modify project docs/decisions/0001-purpose-of-this-repo.rst ADR

Updating cookiecutters

If you find anything that is outdated in the cookiecutters in this repository, please create a PR with updates.

Note

Some of the cookiecutters in this repository use the layered cookiecutter approach. If you are modifying these, please see "Local Debugging of the layered cookiecutters" section below.

Directions for contributing to this repository

# Clone the repository
git clone git@github.com:edx/edx-cookiecutters.git
cd edx-cookiecutters

# Set up a virtualenv using virtualenvwrapper with the same name as the repo and activate it
mkvirtualenv -p python3.8 edx-cookiecutters
# Activate the virtualenv
workon edx-cookiecutters

# Grab the latest code
git checkout master
git pull

# Install/update the dev requirements
make requirements

# Run the tests and quality checks (to verify the status before you make any changes**
make validate

# Make a new branch for your changes
git checkout -b <your_github_username>/<short_description>

# Using your favorite editor, edit the code to make your change.
vim …

# Run your new tests
pytest ./path/to/new/tests

# Run all the tests and quality checks
make validate

# Commit all your changes
git commit …
git push

# Open a PR and ask for review.

Cookiecutters using layered approach

• cookiecutter-python-library
• cookiecutter-django-app
• cookiecutter-django-ida
• cookiecutter-xblock

If you are updating above cookiecutters, please see 0003-layered-cookiecutter ADR and How-to modify layered cookiecutters.

Local Debugging of the layered cookiecutters

To ensure that the layered cookiecutters pull from your local code, instead of GitHub, run cookiecutter like:

$ make cookiecutter-<TEMPLATE-NAME>

eg:

$ make cookiecutter-django-app
$ make cookiecutter-django-ida
$ make cookiecutter-python-library
$ make cookiecutter-xblock

Decisions

See 0003-layered-cookiecutter ADR for details on layering cookiecutters to share boilerplate files.

Community

Contributing

Contributions are very welcome. Tests can be run with tox. Please ensure the coverage at least stays the same before you submit a pull request.

License

The code in this repository is licensed under the Apache Software License 2.0 unless otherwise noted.

Please see LICENSE.txt for details.

Reporting Security Issues

Please do not report security issues in public. Please email security@edx.org.

Getting Help

If you're having trouble, we have discussion forums at https://discuss.openedx.org where you can connect with others in the community.

Our real-time conversations are on Slack. You can request a Slack invitation, then join our community Slack workspace.

For more information about these options, see the Getting Help page.