[WiP] Deprecate Explore v1

.travis.yml

@@ -34,5 +34,4 @@ install:
   - pip install --upgrade pip
   - pip install tox tox-travis
   - rm -rf ~/.nvm && git clone https://github.com/creationix/nvm.git ~/.nvm && (cd ~/.nvm && git checkout `git describe --abbrev=0 --tags`) && source ~/.nvm/nvm.sh && nvm install $TRAVIS_NODE_VERSION
-  - npm install
 script: tox -e $TOX_ENV

CONTRIBUTING.md

@@ -211,6 +211,9 @@ following commands. The `dev` flag will keep the npm script running and
 re-run it upon any changes within the assets directory.
 
 ```
+# Copies a conf file from the frontend to the backend
+npm run sync-backend
+
 # Compiles the production / optimized js & css
 npm run prod
 

run_tests.sh

@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ rm -f .coverage
 export SUPERSET_CONFIG=tests.superset_test_config
 set -e
 superset/bin/superset db upgrade
-superset/bin/superset db upgrade  # running twice on purpose as a test
 superset/bin/superset version -v
 python setup.py nosetests
 coveralls

superset/__init__.py

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 
 import logging
 import os
+import json
 from logging.handlers import TimedRotatingFileHandler
 
 from flask import Flask, redirect
@@ -21,6 +22,10 @@
 APP_DIR = os.path.dirname(__file__)
 CONFIG_MODULE = os.environ.get('SUPERSET_CONFIG', 'superset.config')
 
+with open(APP_DIR + '/static/assets/backendSync.json', 'r') as f:
+    frontend_config = json.load(f)
+
+
 app = Flask(__name__)
 app.config.from_object(CONFIG_MODULE)
 conf = app.config