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# Sidekick
Sidekick is a simple JavaScript library for talking to an Aeternity
browser wallet extension such as Jaeck Russell or Superhero from the document
context of a webpage.
# Build Prereqs
Assuming Ubuntu 18.04. Adapt these instructions for your own system.
You need
- `npm` to build TypeScript (and TypeDoc if you want to build the
documentation)
- `tsc` to compile
- [jex](../utils/jex/) to facilitate the build
Steps:
sudo snap refresh
sudo snap install node --channel 18/stable
npm install -g typescript
## Protip: avoid using `sudo npm install -g`
If you want to avoid using sudo
```
mkdir ~/.npm-packages
npm config set prefix "${HOME}/.npm-packages"
```
Edit `~/.bashrc` or `~/.zshrc` with
```
NPM_PACKAGES="${HOME}/.npm-packages"
export PATH=$NPM_PACKAGES/bin:$PATH
```
# Build Steps
## 1. Build dependencies
The examples require `parasite` as a dependency, but sidekick itself does not.
```
~/src/vanillae $ cd libs/awcp
~/src/vanillae/libs/awcp $ jex dwim+
~/src/vanillae/libs/awcp $ cd ../parasite
~/src/vanillae/libs/parasite $ jex dwim+
```
## 2. Build sidekick
```
~/src/vanillae/libs/parasite $ cd ../../sidekick
~/src/vanillae/sidekick $ jex dwim+
```
## 3. Build examples
Note the `-`, not the `+`. The difference is that `-` just builds the project,
but does not package it.
```
~/src/vanillae/sidekick $ cd examples
~/src/vanillae/sidekick/examples $ jex dwim-
~/src/vanillae/sidekick/examples $ python3 -m http.server 8000
```
Navigate to `http://localhost:8000/` in your browser to see the examples
The examples are the best documentation, for now.