Zimlet CLI

A command-line build tool for next generation Zimlets, powered by Webpack.

Install

npm install -g @zimbra/zimlet-cli

Usage

zimlet

Run the zimlet command by itself to see all available options. ZimletCLI makes it easy to get help with the --help option available for all commands.

Documentation

An extensive getting started guide on how to create Zimlets and Java extensions can be found at:

• https://wiki.zimbra.com/wiki/DevelopersGuide

Zimlet CLI command options can be found in:

• https://github.com/Zimbra/zimlet-cli/wiki/CLI-Commands

⚠️ Make sure to accept any self signed certificates generated by the zimlet watch command.

⚠️ The Zimlet is evaluated in a seperate window with a clean environment. This means common global values like window.location will not be available. Instead, many global values are available in the Redux store.

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Hacking on the CLI

Want to work on the CLI? It's easy:

# get into this directory:
cd zimlet-cli

# install the dependencies:
npm install

# now any time you change src/ in the CLI package,
# (re-)link your build of the CLI globally:
npm run build && npm link

Doing the above (and repeating the last step for any change to the CLI's source) will introduce a zimlet command globally.

Custom Configuration

Webpack

To customize webpack create a zimlet.config.js file in the root of your Zimlet which exports a function that will change webpack's config. To use a file other than zimlet.config.js, set a custom path as env.config.

/**
 * Function that mutates original webpack config.
 *
 * @param {object} config - original webpack config.
 * @param {object} env - options passed to CLI.
 **/
export default function (config, env) {
  /** you can change config here **/
}