Cytoscape.js

Graph theory (a.k.a. network) library for analysis and visualisation : http://js.cytoscape.org

Test status

: master

: unstable

Documentation

You can find the documentation and downloads on the project website.

Contributing to Cytoscape.js

Please refer to CONTRIBUTING.md.

Build dependencies

Install node, npm and gulp. Of course, npm install before using gulp.

Build instructions

Run gulp <target> in the console. The main targets are:

Building:

• build (default) : build the library
• clean : clean the build directory
• watch : automatically build lib and tests for debugging
• zip : build the release ZIP
• dist : update the distribution JS for npm, bower, etc.

Testing:

• test : run the Mocha unit tests
• lint : lint the JS sources via jshint
• benchmark : run benchmark regression tests
• benchmark-single : run benchmarks only for the suite specified in benchmark/single
• sniper : runs a BioJS sniper server that hosts demos

Documentation:

• docs : build the documentation template
• docsmin : build the documentation template with all resources minified
• docspub : build the documentation for publishing (ZIPs, JS refs, etc.)
• docspush : push the built documentation to js.cytoscape.org
• unstabledocspush : push the built documentation to js.cytoscape.org/unstable

Release instructions

1. Update the VERSION environment variable, e.g. export VERSION=1.2.3
2. Confirm JS files pass linting: gulp lint
3. Confirm all tests passing: gulp test
4. Test the docs and demos with the latest code: gulp docspub
5. Build and publish the release: gulp publish

Tests

Mocha tests are found in the test directory. The tests can be run in the browser or they can be run via Node.js (gulp test or mocha).