Dune/docs/DEVELOPMENT.md

Development workflow

Start with README for installation and saved-game behavior and AGENTS.md for project invariants. This page is a navigation and verification guide, not a second implementation-status log.

Start with current status and rule decisions. Use repeatable verification for compact source-bound logs, private saved-game backups/comparisons and HTTP seat restoration. The three-milestone pilot records measurement limits. Use the Ix prototype workflow to connect a fresh local ready lobby to genuine expansion setup with a private backup and preserved sessions. It does not open normal mode gates or require restarting the server.

Architecture map

Concern	Entry points
Authoritative state and actions	game/engine.ts: Game, applyAction, viewGame, normalizeAutomaticGame
Rule validation and calculations	Feature modules in game/; *-quote.ts modules compute validated outcomes before mutation
AI	game/bots.ts: botActions, runBots; game/bot-*.ts and shared rule modules
Persistence, concurrency, recovery	db/rooms.ts; D1 schema in db/schema.ts, additive SQL in drizzle/
HTTP and session boundary	app/api/rooms/route.ts, app/api/rooms/[code]/route.ts, app/api/rooms/[code]/control/route.ts
Table UI	components/game-table.tsx orchestrates feature components; app/page.tsx is the route entry
Client request/retry state	lib/client-request.ts, lib/room-entry.ts, lib/seat-recovery.ts
Player reference and evidence	game/reference.ts, game/faction-reference.ts, app/rules/; feature docs in docs/
Tooling	package.json, tools/test.ts, tools/test-discovery.ts, vite.config.ts

For a rule change, locate its helper, engine action/continuation, projected player view, bot policy, UI and existing tests before editing. Keep server legality authoritative and reuse helpers across those consumers. Test rejection without mutation, physical resource conservation, interrupted decisions and saved JSON restoration where relevant. See tests/fixture-hand.ts for physical card fixtures.

Fast feedback

# Inspect selection without loading the engine or starting a server.
npm test -- ecaz-collection ecaz-spice --list

# Run related files, optionally narrowing test names.
npm test -- ecaz-collection ecaz-spice
npm test -- ecaz-spice --name 'fallback|conserves'

# Broad offline validation once the change is coherent.
npm run check

# App, build configuration or dependency changes also need a production build.
npm run build

Command	Scope	Live server?
npm test	All offline tests: rules, bots, client/components, tooling and in-memory recovery	No
npm run test:unit	Rules, bots, client/components and tooling	No
npm run test:recovery	In-memory SQLite persistence and recovery	No
npm run test:integration	Explicitly marked HTTP/session tests	Yes
npm run test:multiplayer	Recovery plus HTTP tests; preserves the previous command's scope	Yes
npm run test:all	Every discovered test	Yes
npm run check	Typecheck, lint, then all offline tests	No

All test commands accept filename fragments, --list, --name REGEX, and --concurrency NUMBER after npm's --. Filename filters are literal substring matches, combined with OR; every supplied filter must match its selected suite. Name patterns are Node test-runner regular expressions and may skip every case, so check the reported results when using them.

The runner discovers tests/**/*.test.{ts,tsx,mts,js,mjs} recursively and sorts the paths. New offline tests require no manifest entry. HTTP files carry the first-line annotation // @dune-suite integration; in-memory recovery tests are identified by their single-line node:sqlite import. A file referencing process.env.DUNE_TEST_URL without the HTTP annotation fails discovery. Tests that introduce a different network helper must also carry the HTTP annotation. The default offline suite includes every test without that annotation regardless of its unit/recovery classification.

Offline test files run in isolated processes with at most four workers, avoiding Node's machine-sized default on large hosts. Suites containing HTTP tests default to one worker to avoid competing for the same development Worker. The launcher uses node --import tsx, which avoids the tsx CLI's extra IPC listener. The exact tsx version is declared directly and locked for clean installs.

HTTP testing and stored games

Start the existing development environment with npm run db:local, then npm run dev. Reuse a server already serving this checkout. Tests default to http://localhost:3000; DUNE_TEST_URL can select a dedicated test server:

DUNE_TEST_URL=http://localhost:3000 npm run test:integration

The runner checks server availability before starting any selected HTTP suite. HTTP tests create their own rooms in that server's database; use a development or dedicated test instance. In-memory recovery tests execute production room code and migrations against disposable SQLite databases and do not touch .wrangler/state. Preserve that directory and existing human games.

Keeping future changes small

TypeScript keeps incremental metadata under node_modules/.cache/dune/; build outputs and Wrangler state are excluded from typechecking. *.tsbuildinfo and patch backups are ignored. Git history preserves prior source versions.

Use feature docs for rule decisions and evidence, and keep new evidence concise. The large implementation status log contains historical checkpoints; a previous green count is not proof that the current source passes. Full AI studies and browser acceptance belong to changes in their respective behavior, not every edit. Runtime optimizations should follow a measured bottleneck and retain legality, secrecy and saved-game invariants.