local-development.md

Local Development

Here's how to get started working on pg_idkit locally.

Prerequisites

To work on pg_idkit, you'll need the following:

• Rust toolchain (via rustup)
• cargo-pgrx (see below for more details)
• cargo-get
• just (see below for more details)
• (optional) git-crypt (for working with secrets)
• (optional) direnv
• (optional) Docker
• (optional) cargo-watch

just

This project uses a task runner similar to make called just. You can install it easily with cargo:

cargo install --locked just

cargo-pgrx

The PGRX project is the magic behind this extension, exposing an easy-to-program interface in Rust for Postgres extensions.

To install it:

cargo install --locked [email protected]
cargo pgrx init

Building the project

To build the project:

just build

To run the build continuously for quicker local development (assuming you have cargo-watch installed):

just build-watch

pgrx workflow

Note that you can use the pgrx-documented development flow as well (using cargo pgrx) as well, for example:

cargo pgrx run pg15

Run tests

To run the tests:

just test

To run tests continuously for quicker local development (requires cargo-watch):

just build-test-watch

Starting a local Postgres instance with pg_idkit installed

Assuming you have Docker installed, to start a local Postgres instance first you must build a postgres docker image with pg_idkit:

just image

Then start the container:

just db-local

You may attach to the local DB with psql and execute commands:

just db-local-psql