dev-doc.md

Development

The web app uses

• VueJs - For templating and reactive updates in the DOM
• Firebase Hosting - For hosting the static web app
• CLI Tools
  • pug - To convert pug templates to html and merge partials into single index.html file.
  • sass - To convert sass templates to css and merge partials into single style.css file.
  • js-yaml - To convert yaml templates to json and generate the thirdpartyservices.js file.
  • firebase-tools - To interact with Firebase as a service from command line.
  • png-minify - To compress png files.
  • svgo - To compress svg files.
  • uglifycss - To compress css files.
  • uglify-js - To compress js files.
  • html-minifier - To compress html files.
  • purgecss - To compress css files.

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Install the CLI tools using

npm install -g @tokilabs/pug3-cli sass js-yaml \
firebase-tools \
svgo png-minify \
uglifycss uglify-js html-minifier \
purgecss

If you wish to modify the code for the webapp, then look into src directory.

• Privacy Policy templates are under src/includes/content/privacy_policy
• Terms & Conditions templates are under src/includes/content/tnc

The webapp is setup in a way that it is made up of

• html partials written in pug templating language
• css partials written in sass templating language
• js config for third party services info written in yaml templating language

...all of which is compiled into a single index.html file which lives under public directory. Styles are compiled into a single style.css file under public/css directory and third party services info is compiled into a single thirdpartyservices.js under public/js referenced directly in the index.html file.

To compile the code under src folder, simply execute the helper bash script render.sh at the root of the repo inside a terminal:

./render.sh

This will generate the index.html, style.min.css, main.min.js, utils.min.js and thirdpartyservices.min.js files at their required directory path.

Open index.html to view the full web app 🎉

Compress Images

Run

./compress_images.sh

Contributing more 3rd Party Service's links

The web app uses a JSON array to populate the list of 3rd party services section. This JSON array is generated from another yaml file.

If you want contribute a new 3rd party service for the section then open a Pull Request which simply adds a new item in the YAML file src/includes/yaml/thirdpartyservices.yml

The format is very simple and you only need to provide the below fields:

- name: Google Play Services
  model: gps
  gps: false
  logo: images/third_party_logos/gps.png
  link:
    privacy: https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/
    terms: https://policies.google.com/terms

Note: The value of model is the same as the the field below it. i.e model: gps and gps: false. This is required by the code. Make sure this is maintained.

Additionally, you also will have to drop the logo image into the public/images/third_party_logos/ folder. Make sure the logo is 160 × 160 in size.

• To remove background from the logo image, you can use this online tool.

• To trim excess space around the logo image, you can use this online tool.

Deployment

Server and test locally

To serve locally for testing, run: firebase serve --only hosting

Deploy to Production

Warning This can only be done by maintainers who have access to Firebase console!

• First, login by executing command: firebase login
• Next,To deploy to production,run: firebase deploy -m "3.0.9"