Migrate browser code and tests to strict TypeScript

1 files changed, 8 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/README.txt b/README.txt
index 2ff1cf6..bfe5bab 100644
--- a/README.txt
+++ b/README.txt
@@ -22,7 +22,8 @@ STACK
 GETTING STARTED
 
     Install Rust through rustup, Podman, Git, and GnuPG on a Linux development
-    machine. Chat builds also need a GCC-compatible C compiler, Linux UAPI
+    machine, plus Node >=22.18.0 and npm for the TypeScript browser build.
+    Chat builds also need a GCC-compatible C compiler, Linux UAPI
     headers, libclang, pkg-config, make, Perl, curl, tar, and OpenSSL 3.5+
     development libraries for native workspace checks. The pinned toolchain
     includes rustfmt, Clippy, and the static x86_64 Linux target.
@@ -53,7 +54,8 @@ DEVELOPMENT AND PRODUCTION
     backup recipients, and secret-setting names. See docs/CONFIGURATION.txt.
     var/ contains private persistent data, container storage, temporary work,
     and exports. Generated TLS private keys are runtime data under var/.
-    .env, var/, .tools/, target/, bin/, and dist/ are excluded from Git.
+    .env, var/, .tools/, target/, bin/, dist/, and node_modules/ are excluded
+    from Git. Browser code and tests are TypeScript; see docs/TYPESCRIPT.txt.
 
     The four services are Caddy, cgit, SearXNG, and the Rust chat server. The management
     command is Rust. SearXNG and the cgit container's upstream supervisor retain
@@ -61,7 +63,7 @@ DEVELOPMENT AND PRODUCTION
 
     Build and test on the development machine. Deploy prebuilt release
     archives. The production host needs Podman, Git, and GnuPG, but no Rust
-    toolchain or Cargo.
+    toolchain, Cargo, Node, npm, or TypeScript.
 
 CHECKS AND LICENSES
 
@@ -70,7 +72,9 @@ CHECKS AND LICENSES
         cargo stack check
         cargo stack release
 
-    Check runs formatting, Clippy, tests, rustdoc, cargo-deny, and cargo-about.
+    Check builds and checks TypeScript, then runs Rust formatting, Clippy, tests,
+    rustdoc, cargo-deny, and cargo-about. npm development dependencies are pinned
+    in package-lock.json; run npm audit to check their advisories.
     THIRD-PARTY-LICENSES.html is generated from Cargo.lock and about.hbs.
     Human-readable license headings use GNU's names. SPDX identifiers and
     original third-party legal texts retain their exact spelling.