Is there any info about file structure or roles of files/folders in nodebb?

[kalihman]

Hi, I'm trying to get a hang of nodebb deeper so that I can start development and tweak. It seems that documentation lacks details about the info. Any suggestion or missing link that I am supposed to take a look? Thank you!

[frissdiegurke]

I think it's pretty straight forward:

/src   The javascript sources server-side
/public   Anything client-side
/public/templates    Basic HTML templates, most get overwritten within themes thought
/public/vendor    3rd party libraries in use at client-side
/public/src    The javascript sources client-side
/public/src/modules    Module sources of the client-side, some get used server-side too (especially the translator)

Worth mentioning are /public/nodebb.min.js and /public/acp.min.js, those get generated and are no place to change anything

[yariplus]

Yeah, i agree. The sources/folders are well-structured. No need for comprehensive docs in this case.

We would be glad to answer any specific questions though!

[julian]

As with the other responders, the folder structure is hopefully straightforward. When we started NodeBB, there wasn't really any consensus re: folder layout in Node.js, so we went with what seemed to make sense for us.

[kalihman]

@frissdiegurke Thanks a million! Very clearly demystified.

[kalihman]

By the way, then how those plugins work? I mean the hooks and template engines. I have never seen a template engine that uses tpl as file extension.

Sorry for asking some fundamental questions. I have very basic knowledge about express, nodejs, and mongodb, and I decided to get my hands dirty by start a project of building a community websites. I would like to contribute my work as much as possible.

[pichalite]

@kalihman the templating engine is custom built to be light weight

https://github.com/psychobunny/templates.js

[julian]

@kalihman A primer on writing plugins can be found here: https://docs.nodebb.org/en/latest/plugins/create.html