hootspace

An open-source community forum for Rice University students maintained by riceapps

You can try it out now at this link

Get started with developing

Install the following basic dependencies:

• NodeJS LTS
  • Download from the official website
  • Alternatively, use a NodeJS version manager like nvm
• Yarn 1
  • This is an alternative package manager to Node's default npm
  • To install, run npm i -g yarn at your terminal
• Lerna
  • This is used to manage a multi-package repository
  • To install, run npm i -g lerna at your terminal

Clone the repository.

$ git clone https://github.com/rice-apps/hootspace.git
$ cd hootspace

Install repository-wide dependencies using Lerna only.

New dependencies in the packages/frontend/ or packages/backend/ folders can still be installed using yarn add <PACKAGE>.

To refresh packages after installing or updating new packages, run lerna clean then lerna bootstrap.

Contribution tips

• Don't push directly to master. Only merge production-ready code into master.
• Create a branch called feature/<YOUR NEW FEATURE>, then submit a pull request when you are ready.
• Copy the .env.example file in packages/frontend/ and packages/backend/ into a new file called .env (in each directory). Contact the team leads for this project for the appropriate values to fill in.

Code Style

• Before pushing or submitting a pull request, always run lerna run lint --no-bail to appropriately format your code.
• Keep each component as modular as possible; ideally only one component per file
• Indent with 2 spaces
• Prefer use of explicit function declarations over arrow functions except in callbacks