Runner Up

Developing

Requirements

In order to compile the files to obtain distribution-ready .css and .js files, you need a few things:

1. Node 6.X
2. NPM 3.X
3. Webpack (npm install -g webpack)
4. Sass

Running

If you are running the app for the first time, and the client .css and .js files have not been built yet, you may be required to run:

npm install && npm run build && npm run db-init

To run the app, execute the following command in your terminal at the project ROOT:

npm start

To start populate the database, open a new tab and execute the following command:

npm run populate-db

Head over to your browser and open up localhost:3000 to view the app.

Development Environment

In a development environment, .js files will be hot loaded so you do not need to execute the npm run build command every time you modify the front-end source code.

You can enable hot loading style changes with the following command:

npm run watch-style

Production Environment

You can run the app with production settings by executing the following command:

export NODE_ENV="production" && npm run build && npm start

NOTE: This will disable hot module reloads and minify client.js.