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# search.nixos.org | ||
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This repository contains the scripts and the web application for | ||
`search.nixos.org`. | ||
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## How this project came to be | ||
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Initial idea was to replace NixOS packages and options search which was | ||
fetching one JSON file which contained all packages (or options). This approach | ||
is good for its simple setup, but started to show its problems when packages | ||
number was getting bigger and bigger. I'm sure we could optimize it further, | ||
but ideas what all could we do if there would be some database in the back were | ||
to tempting not to try. | ||
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For backend we are using Elasticsearch instance which is kindly sponsored by | ||
[bonsai.io](https://bonsai.io). On the frontend we are using | ||
[Elm](https://elm-lang.org). | ||
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## Ideas we want to explore | ||
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Apart from searching packages and options we would like to: | ||
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- Not only search for latest channels, but be enable to search in any | ||
evaluation. We need to explore how much in the past we can go, I'm sure we | ||
will have to make some compromises. | ||
- Provide each maintainer with a page that lists packages that they | ||
maintain. A page - later - could also show his ticket and opened Pull | ||
Requests. | ||
- Each package should have a page which would show versions in different | ||
evaluations/channels. It could also show - at one point - ticket that this | ||
package | ||
- With all this information in the database it would be very useful to show | ||
some sort of reports. Few examples that come to my mind: | ||
- What packages and options were added/removed/changed between to evaluations? | ||
This could be useful for Release Manager when making release notes or just | ||
in general to see difference what has changed since last time. | ||
- How are we doing with tickets/pull requests? Burn-down chart maybe. The | ||
idea behind is to have a nicer view over current status of tickets/pull | ||
requests. | ||
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Probably there are more ideas I just need to remind myself to write them down. | ||
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## Development | ||
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To start developing open a terminal and run: | ||
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``` | ||
$ nix-shell --run "yarn dev" | ||
``` | ||
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You can point your browser to `http://localhost:3000` and start developing. | ||
Any changes to source files (`./src`) will trigger a hot reload of an | ||
application. | ||
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## Deploying | ||
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- On each commit to `master` branch a GitHub Action is trigger. | ||
- GitHub Action then builds production version of the web application using | ||
`yarn prod` command. | ||
- The built web application (in `./dist`) is then deployed to Netlify. | ||
- GitHub Action can also be triggered via Pull Request, which if Pull Request | ||
was created from a non-forked repo's branch, will provide a preview url in a | ||
comment. |