Polymer docs are mostly in Markdown with some HTML. Jekyll is used to generate the static HTML for the site. The output is generated into a folder called _site
and served from Google App Engine.
We use Jekyll 2.4 and Grunt to generate the documentation, and compass to compile SASS to CSS. You'll need to install the requirements before working on the docs (these instructions assume NPM is already installed):
gem install bundler
npm install -g grunt-cli vulcanize bower
Note: If you receive permission warnings, you may need to run the above tasks with sudo
.
You'll also need the Python App Engine SDK to run the dev_appserver and preview the docs locally. Download the SDK.
git clone https://github.com/Polymer/docs.git
bundle install
npm install
(this will also runbower install
for you)grunt
(ornpm start
)
This repo (Polymer/docs
) is where the documentation source files live. To make a change:
- Be sure to run
npm install
in your docs directory if it's a new checkout. - Fire up the
grunt
task. This task runs a number of processes: a local app engine server, jekyll, compass, and vulcanize. The jekyll, compass, and vulcanize tasks will all watch for file changes and update the site if you make any edits. Note: Jekyll generates the static site in a folder named_site
. It can take some time for the docs to fully regenerate and be copied to the output folder...keep refreshing! - Make your edits.
Once your changes look good, git commit
them and push.
Note: only project owners can publish the documentation.
It's a good idea to run grunt
before pushing the docs, as it runs a number of grunt tasks. Verify things went well and preview your changes locally using the dev server.
Run bower update
to make sure you have the latest component dependencies.
Once these are updated, you need to update some versions for the docs:
- Increment the version in
app.yaml
; - Update the Polymer release version in
_config.yml
. - Add a link point link to the release notes in
changelog.md
.
Build the docs:
grunt docs
At this point, run the dev server with grunt
, and preview things locally to make sure nothing is terribly
broken after Polymer and the elements have been updated.
Next, run the deploy script in the root of the Polymer/docs
directory:
./scripts/deploy_site.sh
This script builds the site, api docs, runs Vulcanizer over the imports, and deploys to App Engine.
Last thing is to switch the app version in the App Engine admin console. To make the docs live, hit up https://appengine.google.com/deployment?&app_id=s~polymer-project and select the version you just deployed.