# Developer's Guide - [Securing Your Apps With DNSChain](<#securing-your-apps-with-dnschain>) - [Contributing to DNSChain development](<#contributing-to-dnschain-development>) - [Adding support for your favorite blockchain](<#adding-support-for-your-favorite-blockchain>) - [Running Tests](<#running-tests>) #### Securing Your Apps With DNSChain Developers of secure communications applications looking to improve the usability and security of their apps should familiarizing themselves with the following documentation: - [How to use DNSChain](How-do-I-use-it.md) - [How to run a DNSChain server](How-do-I-run-my-own.md) - [RESTful API specification](What-is-it.md#API) Developer-friendly libraries in various languages for interacting with DNSChain in a MITM-proof manner are coming: - [DNSChain for Python](https://github.com/okTurtles/pydnschain) - _Your favorite language here!_ #### Contributing to DNSChain development Make sure you did everything in the [requirements](How-do-I-run-my-own.md#Requirements) and then play with these commands from your clone of the DNSChain repository: - `sudo grunt example` _(runs on privileged ports by default)_ - `grunt example` _(runs on non-privileged ports by default)_ Grunt will automatically lint your code to the style used in this project, and when files are saved it will automatically re-load and restart the server (as long as you're editing code under `src/lib`). When forking DNSChain: work on feature branches, not `master`, then submit a PR. #### Adding support for your favorite blockchain 1. Copy the file `src/lib/blockchain.coffee` and place it in `src/lib/blockchains`. 2. Rename it after your blockchain (no spaces). 3. Edit it by following the advice offered by the comments. Look at how the other files in the `blockchains` folder have done it. That's it! Send us a pull request and we'll be happy to include support for your favorite blockchain. :) #### Running Tests From within the DNSChain repo, make sure you've run `npm install`, and then: npm test