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The Jolie Documentation repository
This repository manages the Jolie documentation at https://docs.jolie-lang.org/.
If you want to update the documentation, this is not the repository that you are looking for. You have to update the branch of this repository for the relevant version of Jolie, e.g., for Jolie versions 1.10.x, you have to update the branch v1.10.x.
How to contribute to the documentation
Guidelines for creating examples
Naming conventions
outputPort: camelCase
location: camelCase
protocol: camelCase
interfaces: camelCase
aggregates: camelCase
redirects: camelCase
RequestResponse: CamelCase
OneWay: CamelCase
inputPort: camelCase
location: camelCase
protocol: camelCase
interfaces: camelCase
aggregates: camelCase
redirects: camelCase
RequestResponse: CamelCase
OneWay: CamelCase
ServiceName: CamelCase
TypeName: CamelCase
Interfaces: CamelCase
RequestResponse: CamelCase
OneWay: CamelCase
operations: camelCase
variables: camelCase
package-name: kebab-case
module-name: kebab-case
CONSTANTS: SCREAMING_SNAKE_CASE
define: camelCase
private: camelCase
Request message assignment
Try to write the message request using inline syntax whenever possible.
Ex:
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[email protected]( { filename = "test.txt" } )( response )
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instead of 
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request.filename = "test.txt"
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[email protected]( request )( response )
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Use multiple lines if necessary
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[email protected]( {
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filename = "text.txt"
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content = "this is a test message"
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} )()
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Use deep copy or with in case the request message has several nodes
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request << {
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   node1 = "node1"
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   node2 = "node2"
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   node3 = "node3"
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   ...
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}
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or 
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with( request ) {
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   node1 = "node1";
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   node2 = "node2";
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   node3 = "node3";
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   ...
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}
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Fixing a tutorial
Create a branch named as it follows
tutorials/fix/name-of-the-tutorial
Creating a new tutorial
Define a branch name that follows this guideline tutorials/new/short-tutorial-name
Actions to take in repo jolie/examples 
Create a branch with the name tutorials/new/short-tutorial-name
Checkout branch tutorials/new/short-tutorial-name
Go to folder examples/v1.10.x/tutorials/
Create a directory with the short name of the tutorial mkdir short-tutorial-name
Go to folder examples/v1.10.x/tutorials/short-tutorial-name
Create all the files necessary for the tutorial
Commit
Actions to take in repo jolie/docs 
Checkout branch v.1.10.x
Starting from this branch create a new branch tutorials/new/short-tutorial-name
Checkout branch tutorials/new/short-tutorial-name
Go to folder docs/web/tutorials/
Create a directory with the short name of the tutorial mkdir short-tutorial-name
Go to folder docs/web/tutorials/short-tutorial-name
Create file README.md as starting file for the tutorial. Start to write down the tutorial in this file
Remember to add links to the examples previously created in examples/v1.10.x/tutorials/short-tutorial-name
if you need to add links to other existing pages of the docs, please insert the URL of the page, not the path
If you need to add images:
Go into folder docs/src/images/
Select a .svg file which is close to the diagram you want to create
Open the file with the open version of inkscape  
Copy the file into a new file, giving it a new filename 
Close the file and open the new one, strating to editing it as you prefer
Remember to use font Segoe Print for comments
Remember to use tool free hand lines (setting bevel effect around 50) for tracing arrows for connecting comments and drawings
Remember to use squared lines for connecting microservices together
Once edited:
Save the .svg file into folder docs/src/images/ (it is the source)
Save the .png file into folder docs/web/.gitbook/assets/
Create a link in the doc to png file. Example of a link:
![](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jolie/docs/v1.10.x/web/.gitbook/assets/using_dependencies_01.png)
Once edited the documentation, open file docs/web/SUMMARY.md and place the link of your tutorial under main item Tutorial. Tru to find a correct placement of the tutorial considering the fact the previous tutorials must give the minimal knowledge necessary to undertsand uor tutorialù
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Contents
The Jolie Documentation repository
How to contribute to the documentation
Guidelines for creating examples
Fixing a tutorial