[~aloraine] We cannot completely remove the help sub app because we are using one function compile-app-with-pipeline in submit-app sub app. The function simply redirects to https://docs.google.com/document/d/1JdS9vnaXHkSJb0XdR7JgExCI2Y1MhpXhN8X8okO00-0. What we can do is move this one function from help sub app to submit_app sub app or we can remove other codes from help sub-app.

OK.

I think you should leave the "help" app in place but delete all functions not being used.

Question: How are you making sure that a function is not being used?

[~aloraine] I am searching the function name in the code base.

Are you sure you are finding everything?

Here's what I do when I need to global search:

• move to Unix system
• execute:

query_string="a_method"
find . -type f -exec grep -Iq . {} \; -print | xargs grep $query_string

Atom IDE as an inbuilt feature which searches the whole project for string.

Diff: https://bitbucket.org/chirag06/appstore/commits/7216eb1c24e59873b92fc7689a95b2a18761277d

Testing:
1) Please test the whole app-store by following steps mentioned in ticket https://jira.transvar.org/browse/IGBF-2717.
2) Also test search functionality.

Request for Chirag Chandrahas Shetty:
Kindly deploy the branch on one of the devappstore sites for testing and make a note of it here.
To confirm the App store is still working properly prior to merging the PR, please go through the steps mentioned in the Jira ticket on that site, making a note of what you have done.
In addition, click on all the "help" links (icons that look like an "i").

Changes deployed on Devappstore5. Tested the application on devappstore 5 and everything looks good. Moving the ticket to testing.

Please submit PR when convenient.

PR: https://bitbucket.org/lorainelab/appstore/pull-requests/276/igbf-2824-remove-code-not-used-from-help

Test on https://devappstore5.bioviz.org

Tested on https://devappstore5.bioviz.org

• App is working fine.
• Search functionality is working good.
• Curated categories can be added and deleted
• Showing the latest version when selected.
• Asking for version number while deletion.