# The Next Wave

To build you need to have wails3 installed. You need to check out the repo, switch to the `v3-alpha` branch, then install the `wails3` command. you should also install the "task" command (wails3 uses a Taskfile.yml file).

Install task:

```
brew install go-task/tap/go-task
```

Install wails3:

```
git clone git@github.com:wailsapp/wails.git
cd wails
git checkout v3-alpha
cd v3/cmd/wails3
go install
```

To test if wails3 is installed correctly you can run `wails3 doctor` (it should say "success" at the bottom).

Now, this directory must live as a sibling to `thenextwave` repo (because we have a special replace directive in the go.mod file).

```
# move back to the *parent* directory of your wails clone
git clone git@github.com:wavetermdev/thenextwave.git
cd thenextwave
```

Now to run the dev version of the app:

```
wails3 dev
```

You should see a very poorly laid out app :)

Now to build a MacOS application:

```
task build
task create:app:bundle
```

now in your `./bin` directory you should see `bin/NextWave` (a standalone executable), and you'll also see `bin/NextWave.app` which is a MacOS application. You can run `bin/NextWave` directly, or run the app using `open bin/NextWave.app` (or click on it in the finder).