hillalex / local-cuts

Code used to create a campaigning tool for the 2016 local elections.

Local Cuts Calculator

Getting Started

• Install node to get started: https://nodejs.org/en/download/
• Run npm install in the directory to install dependencies.
• Run npm start to start the app on port 8000.

Using Gulp

• If you're not familiar with gulp, see this beginner's guide: https://css-tricks.com/gulp-for-beginners/
• There are several gulp tasks defined in gulpfile.js.
• The gulp task less will compile any less files in the less/compile folder to css and minified css and output them to the css folder.
• Run watch-less while developing to compile css as changes are made.
• Front-end js is compiled using Webpack, with entry point js/entry.js and output js/bundle.js. Run the gulp watch-bundle task while developing to compile the js.

Tests

• Tests are written in Jasmine.
• Tests are run by Karma with a Webpack preprocessor - details in ./karma.config.js
• To run tests once run npm test.
• For developing, npm install karma-cli -g and then run karma start in the app directory.