browser-template

A template for starting front-end projects. Webpack for require system, build pipeline, and development server. Boostrap and Handlebars.js included. No front-end frameworks included.

Dependencies

Install with npm install.

• Webpack
• Bootstrap
• Handlebars.js

At the beginning of each cohort, update the versions in package.json by replace all versions with a glob (*) and running npm update --save && npm update --save-dev. You may wish to test these changes by deleting the node_modules directory and running npm install. Fix any conflicts.

Installation

1. Download this template.
2. Unzip and rename the template directory.
3. Empty README.md and fill with your own content.
4. Move into the new project and git init.
5. Install dependencies with npm install.

Structure

Dependencies are stored in package.json.

Do not configure grunt packages directly in the Gruntfile.js. Instead, store configurations in the grunt directory. You won't need a top-level key, since that's generated by the Gruntfile.js based on the filename of the configuration object stored in the grunt directory.

Developers should store JavaScript files in assets/scripts. The "manifest" or entry-point is assets/scripts/index.js. In general, only application initialization goes in this file. It's normal for developers to start putting all code in this file, but encourage them to break out different responsibilities and use the require syntax put references where they're needed.

Developers should set config.apiOrigins.production (and config.apiOrigins.development if it differs from the default). With apiOrigins set, developers may rely on config.apiOrigin as the base for API URLs.

Developers should store styles in assets/styles and load them from assets/styles/index.scss.

Developers should use getFormFields to retrieve form data to send to an API.

To deploy a browser-template based SPA, run grunt deploy.

Tasks

Developers should run these often!

• grunt nag or just grunt: runs code quality analysis tools on your code and complains
• grunt reformat: reformats all your code in a standard style
• grunt <server|serve|s>: generates bundles, watches, and livereloads
• grunt test: runs any automated tests, depends on grunt build
• grunt build: place bundled styles and scripts where index.html can find them

License

1. All content is licensed under a CC­BY­NC­SA 4.0 license.
2. All software code is licensed under GNU GPLv3. For commercial use or alternative licensing, please contact legal@ga.co.