Amity UI-Kit for Web (Open-Source)

Prerequisites

Before getting started, ensure that you have the following prerequisites installed on your system:

• Node.js LTS version (currently version 20)
• pnpm version 8

How to install PNPM (Optional)

corepack enable pnpm

Ref: https://pnpm.io/installation#using-corepack

Running Storybook (Optional)

To run Storybook and view the UI components in isolation, follow these steps:

1. Clone the Amity UI-Kit repository:

   git clone https://github.com/AmityCo/Amity-Social-Cloud-UIKit-Web-OpenSource.git
   

2. Navigate to the cloned repository's directory:

   cd Amity-Social-Cloud-UIKit-Web-OpenSource
   

3. Install the dependencies using pnpm:

   pnpm install
   

4. Create a .env file at the root of the project with the following content:

   STORYBOOK_API_REGION=<API_REGION>
   STORYBOOK_API_KEY=<API_KEY>
   

   Replace <API_REGION> and <API_KEY> with your actual credentials.

5. Run Storybook:

   pnpm run storybook
   

6. Open your browser and navigate to http://localhost:6006 to view the Storybook interface.

Installation

To install the Amity UI-Kit together with another project, follow these steps:

1. Clone the repository using the following command:

   git clone https://github.com/AmityCo/Amity-Social-Cloud-UIKit-Web-OpenSource.git
   

2. Navigate to the cloned repository's directory:

   cd ./Amity-Social-Cloud-UIKit-Web-OpenSource
   

3. Install the dependencies using pnpm:

   pnpm install
   

4. Build the project:

   pnpm run build
   

5. Pack the project

   pnpm pack
   

6. Navigate to your application's directory:

   cd <path-to-your-app>
   

7. Install the Amity UI-Kit to your application using one of the following package managers:

   • NPM:

     npm i file:<path-to-amity-ui-kit-repository>/<path-to-tgz-file> --save
     

   • Yarn (Classic):

     yarn add file:<path-to-amity-ui-kit-repository>/<path-to-tgz-file>
     

   • PNPM:

     pnpm i file:<path-to-amity-ui-kit-repository>/<path-to-tgz-file>
     

Documentation

For detailed information and guidance on using the Amity UI-Kit, please refer to our comprehensive online documentation available at https://docs.amity.co.

If you require further assistance or have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact our dedicated UI-Kit support team at developers@amity.co. We are here to help you make the most of the Amity UI-Kit.

Contributing

We welcome contributions from the community to help improve and enhance the Amity UI-Kit. If you are interested in contributing to this project, please review our contributing guide for guidelines and best practices.

Thank you for choosing the Amity UI-Kit for your web development needs!

FAQ

Q: I tried to run pnpm build and it throws a types error. A: Try to structure your project to be like this:

- your_app
  - src
- Amity-Social-Cloud-UIKit-Web-OpenSource
  - src

Q: The modifications I made to the code do not appear to be applied. A: Please attempt to execute npm cache clean or npm cache clean --force to resolve this issue.