# Core & Plugin Development

## Local Development Setup

First, clone the necessary repositories:

```bash
$ git clone git@github.com:cortex-cms/cortex-starter.git
$ git clone git@github.com:cortex-cms/cortex.git
$ git clone git@github.com:cortex-cms/cortex-plugins-core.git
$ git clone your-plugin-repo-here.git
```

Use `pwd` to retrieve the fully qualified path for each engine, then modify each of the following files to point to the relevant local dependencies:

* `cortex/Gemfile`
* `cortex/spec/dummy/package.json`
* `cortex-starter/Gemfile`
* `cortex-starter/package.json`

For example:

{% code title="cortex-starter/Gemfile" %}

```ruby
# Cortex
gem 'cortex', path: '/home/testuser/repos/cortex'
gem 'cortex-plugins-core', path: '/home/testuser/repos/cortex-plugins-core'
```

{% endcode %}

{% code title="cortex-starter/package.json" %}

```javascript
"cortex": "/home/testuser/repos/cortex",
"cortex-plugins-core": "/home/testuser/repos/cortex-plugins-core"
```

{% endcode %}

Lastly, re-install dependencies in the relevant projects.

## Running Test Suite

Initialize the dummy application:

```bash
$ cd cortex
$ RAILS_ENV=test spec/dummy/bin/setup
```

To run Ruby and JavaScript specs, utilize:

```bash
$ RAILS_ENV=test bin/rails app:spec
$ RAILS_ENV=test bin/rails app:spec:javascript
```


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