How Do I ...
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This section contains a number of smaller topics with links and examples meant
to provide relatively concrete answers for specific Galaxy development scenarios.

... interact with the Galaxy database interactively?
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This can be done with either IPython or a plain Python console, depending on your preferences:

.. code-block:: python

    python -i scripts/db_shell.py

... build Galaxy Javascript frontend client?
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We have added a Makefile which will let you do this. You can simply run:

.. code-block:: bash

    make client

Please see the ``Makefile`` itself for details and other options. There is also a readme at
``client/README.md``.

... rebuild the Galaxy configuration schema?
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Galaxy configurations have a schema that is used to validate configuration
files. This schema is defined in
``lib/galaxy/config/schemas/config_schema.yml``. If you make changes to the
schema, to rebuild all sample YAML and RST files, source Galaxy's virtual
environment and run the following command from Galaxy's root directory:

.. code-block:: bash

    make config-rebuild

Then add updated files to your commit.