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Using the Development Environment
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Once the development environment is running, you can visit
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<http://localhost:9991/> in your browser. By default, the development
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server homepage just shows a list of the users that exist on the
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server and you can login as any of them by just clicking on a user.
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This setup saves time for the common case where you want to test
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something other than the login process; to test the login process
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you'll want to change `AUTHENTICATION_BACKENDS` in the not-PRODUCTION
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case of `zproject/settings.py` from zproject.backends.DevAuthBackend
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to use the auth method(s) you'd like to test.
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While developing, it's helpful to watch the `run-dev.py` console
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output, which will show any errors your Zulip development server
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encounters.
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To manually query the Postgres database, run `psql zulip` for an
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interactive console.
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When you make a change, here's a guide for what you need to do in
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order to see your change take effect in Development:
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* If you change JavaScript, CSS, or Jinja2 backend templates (under
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`templates/`), you'll just need to reload the browser window to see
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changes take effect. The Handlebars frontend HTML templates
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(`static/templates`) are automatically recompiled by the
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`tools/compile-handlebars-templates` job, which runs as part of
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`tools/run-dev.py`.
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* If you change Python code used by the main Django/Tornado server
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processes, these services are run on top of Django's [manage.py
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runserver][django-runserver] which will automatically restart the
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Zulip Django and Tornado servers whenever you save changes to Python
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code. You can watch this happen in the `run-dev.py` console to make
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sure the backend has reloaded.
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* The Python queue workers will also automatically restart when you
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save changes. However, you may need to ctrl-C and then restart
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`run-dev.py` manually if a queue worker has crashed.
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* If you change the database schema, you'll need to use the standard
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Django migrations process to create and then run your migrations; see
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the [new feature tutorial][new-feature-tutorial] for an example.
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Additionally you should check out the [detailed testing
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docs][testing-docs] for how to run the tests properly after doing a
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migration.
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(In production, everything runs under supervisord and thus will
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restart if it crashes, and `upgrade-zulip` will take care of running
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migrations and then cleanly restaring the server for you).
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[django-runserver]: https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.8/ref/django-admin/#runserver-port-or-address-port
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[new-feature-tutorial]: ../tutorials/new-feature-tutorial.html
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[testing-docs]: ../testing/testing.html
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