Repository Setup

a. Clone Repository

If you are using a Git client like GitHub Desktop then cloning the repository Apexal/late should be easy.

For command line (WSL/Linux/Mac): $ git clone https://github.com/Apexal/late.git

b. Install Dependencies

In a terminal (try using VSCode's terminal!) run $ npm install to download all of the Node packages that LATE depends on to run. This is a one time thing and only needs to be run again if a new dependency is added to the project (not too common). If you ever see an error talking about a package missing, try running $ npm install again.

b. NPM Scripts

There are a handful of important scripts handled through Node and NPM that are used to run and test LATE. Here are the most important ones:

• $ npm run frontend This starts a hot-reloading server that serves the Vue frontend (only).
• $ npm run backend This starts the Koa server that provides the API.
• $ npm run build This compiles all of the frontend to generate the final HTML, JS, and CSS files. This is not used when developing.