docs: small improvements (#2933)

* update docs

- make install_c cmd (install)
- explain node IDs (quick-start)
- update UPGRADING section (using-tendermint)

* use git clone with JS example

JS devs may not have Go installed and we should not force them to.

* rewrite sentence

Makefile

@@ -32,6 +32,9 @@ build_race:
 install:
 	CGO_ENABLED=0 go install  $(BUILD_FLAGS) -tags $(BUILD_TAGS) ./cmd/tendermint
 
+install_c:
+	CGO_ENABLED=1 go install  $(BUILD_FLAGS) -tags "$(BUILD_TAGS) gcc" ./cmd/tendermint
+
 ########################################
 ### Protobuf
 
@@ -328,4 +331,4 @@ build-slate:
 # To avoid unintended conflicts with file names, always add to .PHONY
 # unless there is a reason not to.
 # https://www.gnu.org/software/make/manual/html_node/Phony-Targets.html
-.PHONY: check build build_race build_abci dist install install_abci check_dep check_tools get_tools get_dev_tools update_tools get_vendor_deps draw_deps get_protoc protoc_abci protoc_libs gen_certs clean_certs grpc_dbserver test_cover test_apps test_persistence test_p2p test test_race test_integrations test_release test100 vagrant_test fmt rpc-docs build-linux localnet-start localnet-stop build-docker build-docker-localnode sentry-start sentry-config sentry-stop build-slate protoc_grpc protoc_all
+.PHONY: check build build_race build_abci dist install install_abci check_dep check_tools get_tools get_dev_tools update_tools get_vendor_deps draw_deps get_protoc protoc_abci protoc_libs gen_certs clean_certs grpc_dbserver test_cover test_apps test_persistence test_p2p test test_race test_integrations test_release test100 vagrant_test fmt rpc-docs build-linux localnet-start localnet-stop build-docker build-docker-localnode sentry-start sentry-config sentry-stop build-slate protoc_grpc protoc_all build_c install_c

docs/app-dev/abci-cli.md

@@ -11,13 +11,10 @@ Make sure you [have Go installed](https://golang.org/doc/install).
 Next, install the `abci-cli` tool and example applications:
 
 ```
-go get github.com/tendermint/tendermint
-```
-
-to get vendored dependencies:
-
-```
-cd $GOPATH/src/github.com/tendermint/tendermint
+mkdir -p $GOPATH/src/github.com/tendermint
+cd $GOPATH/src/github.com/tendermint
+git clone https://github.com/tendermint/tendermint.git
+cd tendermint
 make get_tools
 make get_vendor_deps
 make install_abci

docs/app-dev/getting-started.md

@@ -252,12 +252,11 @@ we'll run a Javascript version of the `counter`. To run it, you'll need
 to [install node](https://nodejs.org/en/download/).
 
 You'll also need to fetch the relevant repository, from
-[here](https://github.com/tendermint/js-abci) then install it. As go
-devs, we keep all our code under the `$GOPATH`, so run:
+[here](https://github.com/tendermint/js-abci), then install it:
 
 ```
-go get github.com/tendermint/js-abci &> /dev/null
-cd $GOPATH/src/github.com/tendermint/js-abci/example
+git clone https://github.com/tendermint/js-abci.git
+cd js-abci/example
 npm install
 cd ..
 ```
@@ -276,13 +275,16 @@ tendermint node
 ```
 
 Once again, you should see blocks streaming by - but now, our
-application is written in javascript! Try sending some transactions, and
+application is written in Javascript! Try sending some transactions, and
 like before - the results should be the same:
 
 ```
-curl localhost:26657/broadcast_tx_commit?tx=0x00 # ok
-curl localhost:26657/broadcast_tx_commit?tx=0x05 # invalid nonce
-curl localhost:26657/broadcast_tx_commit?tx=0x01 # ok
+# ok
+curl localhost:26657/broadcast_tx_commit?tx=0x00
+# invalid nonce
+curl localhost:26657/broadcast_tx_commit?tx=0x05
+# ok
+curl localhost:26657/broadcast_tx_commit?tx=0x01
 ```
 
 Neat, eh?

docs/introduction/install.md

@@ -79,11 +79,9 @@ make install
 
 Install [LevelDB](https://github.com/google/leveldb) (minimum version is 1.7).
 
-Build Tendermint with C libraries: `make build_c`.
-
 ### Ubuntu
 
-Install LevelDB with snappy:
+Install LevelDB with snappy (optionally):
 
 ```
 sudo apt-get update
@@ -112,5 +110,13 @@ db_backend = "cleveldb"
 To install Tendermint, run
 
 ```
-CGO_LDFLAGS="-lsnappy" go install -ldflags "-X github.com/tendermint/tendermint/version.GitCommit=`git rev-parse --short=8 HEAD`" -tags "tendermint gcc" -o build/tendermint ./cmd/tendermint/
+CGO_LDFLAGS="-lsnappy" make install_c
+```
+
+or run
+
 ```
+CGO_LDFLAGS="-lsnappy" make build_c
+```
+
+to put the binary in `./build`.

docs/introduction/quick-start.md

@@ -40,7 +40,11 @@ These files are found in `$HOME/.tendermint`:
 ```
 $ ls $HOME/.tendermint
 
-config.toml  data  genesis.json  priv_validator.json
+config  data
+
+$ ls $HOME/.tendermint/config/
+
+config.toml  genesis.json  node_key.json  priv_validator.json
 ```
 
 For a single, local node, no further configuration is required.
@@ -110,7 +114,18 @@ source ~/.profile
 
 This will install `go` and other dependencies, get the Tendermint source code, then compile the `tendermint` binary.
 
-Next, use the `tendermint testnet` command to create four directories of config files (found in `./mytestnet`) and copy each directory to the relevant machine in the cloud, so that each machine has `$HOME/mytestnet/node[0-3]` directory. Then from each machine, run:
+Next, use the `tendermint testnet` command to create four directories of config files (found in `./mytestnet`) and copy each directory to the relevant machine in the cloud, so that each machine has `$HOME/mytestnet/node[0-3]` directory.
+
+Before you can start the network, you'll need peers identifiers (IPs are not enough and can change). We'll refer to them as ID1, ID2, ID3, ID4.
+
+```
+tendermint show_node_id --home ./mytestnet/node0
+tendermint show_node_id --home ./mytestnet/node1
+tendermint show_node_id --home ./mytestnet/node2
+tendermint show_node_id --home ./mytestnet/node3
+```
+
+Finally, from each machine, run:
 
 ```
 tendermint node --home ./mytestnet/node0 --proxy_app=kvstore --p2p.persistent_peers="ID1@IP1:26656,ID2@IP2:26656,ID3@IP3:26656,ID4@IP4:26656"
@@ -121,6 +136,6 @@ tendermint node --home ./mytestnet/node3 --proxy_app=kvstore --p2p.persistent_pe
 
 Note that after the third node is started, blocks will start to stream in
 because >2/3 of validators (defined in the `genesis.json`) have come online.
-Seeds can also be specified in the `config.toml`. See [here](../tendermint-core/configuration.md) for more information about configuration options.
+Persistent peers can also be specified in the `config.toml`. See [here](../tendermint-core/configuration.md) for more information about configuration options.
 
 Transactions can then be sent as covered in the single, local node example above.

docs/tendermint-core/using-tendermint.md

@@ -519,18 +519,16 @@ developers guide](../app-dev/app-development.md) for more details.
 
 ### Local Network
 
-To run a network locally, say on a single machine, you must change the
-`_laddr` fields in the `config.toml` (or using the flags) so that the
-listening addresses of the various sockets don't conflict. Additionally,
-you must set `addr_book_strict=false` in the `config.toml`, otherwise
-Tendermint's p2p library will deny making connections to peers with the
-same IP address.
+To run a network locally, say on a single machine, you must change the `_laddr`
+fields in the `config.toml` (or using the flags) so that the listening
+addresses of the various sockets don't conflict. Additionally, you must set
+`addr_book_strict=false` in the `config.toml`, otherwise Tendermint's p2p
+library will deny making connections to peers with the same IP address.
 
 ### Upgrading
 
-The Tendermint development cycle currently includes a lot of breaking changes.
-Upgrading from an old version to a new version usually means throwing
-away the chain data. Try out the
-[tm-migrate](https://github.com/hxzqlh/tm-tools) tool written by
-[@hxzqlh](https://github.com/hxzqlh) if you are keen to preserve the
-state of your chain when upgrading to newer versions.
+See the
+[UPGRADING.md](https://github.com/tendermint/tendermint/blob/master/UPGRADING.md)
+guide. You may need to reset your chain between major breaking releases.
+Although, we expect Tendermint to have fewer breaking releases in the future
+(especially after 1.0 release).