This repo contains the source files for Firefly front-end development patterns.

// TODO: Complete API

• gulp

  builds, serves and watches for changes

• gulp clean

  cleans the temporary and output directories

• gulp export

  build and exports the xsl and css files to export directory. The location can be overriden in config/options.local.js.

Ensure all dependencies are met, then:

Run the command npm start to automatically install, build, serve, and watch development files.

After initial install, the command gulp will perform the build, serve, and watching operations.

• Node

• npm

• Xcode Command Line Tools (for running some modules on Mac, PC should be OK)

• Java for cross-platform XSLT (using Saxon)

  OSX on Yosemite+ will need to either install from the apple support page, or install the standard Java runtime, then add 'JAVA_HOME' to paths.

  Follow these instructions to install.

  And see this link for instruction on setting path variables.

• Swig for template compilation
• BrowserSync for hot-reloading and syncing
• Webpack for bundling javascript modules
• Less with gulp-less for less > css transpiling
• gulp-jshint for js linting
• css-lint for css linting
• Karma, Mocha, Chai and Sinon for testing
• x for regression testing