Getting Started

Prerequisites

You will need Node, Homebrew, Git and Git LFS installed to complete setup.

Homebrew

You can test to see if you already have Homebrew installed by running

brew -v

If it gives you a version, (e.g. Homebrew 3.3.11) you already have it installed! If you get a message like command not found you will need to install it using this command:

/bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/HEAD/install.sh)"

Node

Check if you have Node installed by running:

npm -v

If it gives you a version, (e.g. 8.3.1) you already have it installed! If you get a message like command not found you will need to install it using this command:

brew install node

Git

You probably already have git installed, but just in case you don't, check by running:

git --version

If it's installed, you'll see something like git version 2.34.1. Otherwise, install it with:

brew install git

Git LFS

This project also requires Git LFS. You can install it with:

brew install git-lfs

First-time Development Environment Setup

Once all prerequisites are installed, you can set up the Refcode Development Environment.

Clone the repository to a local directory and navigate to that directory with your terminal.

Run the following commands:

npm install
git lfs install

Once you've run those two commands, the repository should be ready to run using the commands below.

Available Scripts

Once you are set up you will have the following scripts available for use.

Start the Development Environment

You'll use this command to spin up the development environment for doing work on the website. This allows you to see your changes on the website at http://localhost:3000.

npm start

• Runs the app in the development mode.\
• Open http://localhost:3000 to view it in the browser. All images will be broken when you do this. Read the next section for why.
• The page will automatically reload if you make edits.\
• You will also see any lint errors in the console.
• Exit by typing control + C in the terminal.

Build the app similar to a production build

This command does a full build and is sometimes necessary to get things configured correctly, e.g. when changes to images have been made, they won't show up in the Development Environment until after this command is run.

npm run build

• Builds the app for production to the build folder.\
• It correctly bundles React in production mode and optimizes the build and images for the best performance. No images will work at all until this command is run. So if you run npm start without ever having run this command, all images will be broken. This command will also need to be run again to see any subsequent image changes. Added a new image? Run npm run build. Edited an image? Run npm run build. Some image isn't working in the dev environment? Run npm run build!
• The build is minified and the filenames include the hashes.\
• See the section about deployment for more information.

Image Optimizer

This repository uses an image optimizer that automatically creates multiple sizes of images and then uses JavasScript to insert srcset attributes into the image so that the browser can automatically retrieve the best image size. This improves the performance of the website, especially on mobile devices.

In order to have an image use this, the page must include the createSrcSet.js script, and the image must use the attribute data-src instead of src. For example, instead of <img src="../img/myImage.jpg"> it should be <img data-src="../img/myImage.jpg">.

Problems

This won't work until npm run build is run, which will look through all images and create the multiple sizes. If there is ever an error running this script, it may be due to a non-supported file (such as .DS_Store) accidentally being placed in the /img folder.

Note, images should be placed in /img not /public/img, which is the output.

Images that have a / or . character in them will break this script.

More information about Create-React-App

This project was bootstrapped with Create React App. The following is the standard information that every Create-React-App project contains. You usually won't need to refer to these links, but they may be helpful.

Learn More

You can learn more in the Create React App documentation.

To learn React, check out the React documentation.

Code Splitting

This section has moved here: https://facebook.github.io/create-react-app/docs/code-splitting

Analyzing the Bundle Size

This section has moved here: https://facebook.github.io/create-react-app/docs/analyzing-the-bundle-size

Making a Progressive Web App

This section has moved here: https://facebook.github.io/create-react-app/docs/making-a-progressive-web-app

Advanced Configuration

This section has moved here: https://facebook.github.io/create-react-app/docs/advanced-configuration

Deployment

This section has moved here: https://facebook.github.io/create-react-app/docs/deployment

npm run build fails to minify

This section has moved here: https://facebook.github.io/create-react-app/docs/troubleshooting#npm-run-build-fails-to-minify