Development Guides #

Comprehensive guides and best practices for developing in the BonsAI monorepo.

Getting Started #

New to BonsAI development? Start here:

• Development Workflow - Branching strategy, PR process, and code quality standards
• Example Workflow: Adding a New Field - Complete end-to-end walkthrough with realistic code examples

Essential Tools #

Tools you’ll use daily:

• Cursor IDE - IDE setup, useful commands, and extensions for BonsAI development
• Doppler - Managing secrets and environment variables securely
• Linear - Issue tracking, project management, and linking issues to PRs

Testing & Development #

• E2E Testing - Comprehensive guide to end-to-end testing with Playwright and DVC
• Webhooks with Ngrok - Expose local services for webhook testing with external services

Related Documentation #

• Getting Started Guide - Initial setup instructions
• API Documentation - Backend API reference
• Webapp Documentation - Frontend architecture and features
• Database Documentation - Schema, migrations, and database management
• Preview Environments - Deploy and manage PR-based preview environments