This document provides a high-level overview of the design of the Fairdrive application. It's intended to help contributors understand the architecture of the application and the design decisions that were made during its development.
Fairdrive is a web application built using React and Next.js. React is a JavaScript library for building user interfaces, and Next.js is a framework that provides features such as server-side rendering and static site generation.
The application is organized into several directories:
src/pages: This directory contains the main pages of the application.src/components: This directory contains reusable React components.src/context: This directory contains React context providers for state management.src/api: This directory contains modules for interacting with the backend.
The application is built using a component-based architecture. Each component is a reusable piece of the user interface, and components can be composed together to build complex UIs.
Components are defined using JSX, a syntax extension for JavaScript that allows you to write HTML-like code in your JavaScript files.
State management in Fairdrive is handled using the Context API, a feature of React that allows you to share state between components without passing props down the component tree.
There are several context providers defined in the src/context directory, each encapsulating a different part of the application state.
The application interacts with the backend through several APIs, encapsulated in the src/api directory. These APIs use Axios, a popular JavaScript library for making HTTP requests.
Styling in Fairdrive is handled using CSS. Each component has its own CSS file, which is imported into the component's JavaScript file. This allows for component-specific styles that don't affect other parts of the application.
Testing in Fairdrive is done using Jest, a JavaScript testing framework, and React Testing Library, a library for testing React components. Tests are located in the __tests__ directory.
This document provides a high-level overview of the design of the Fairdrive application. For more detailed information, please refer to the codebase and the other documentation files.
If you need help using Fairdrive, check out our User Guide and FAQ. Start here or see Design, Functionality or Architecture. Developers can check Development Instructions.
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