netlifyAtlas

Run locally with netlify dev Functions are available at ./.netlify/functions/"name"

Connecting to Netlify

netlify init

Choose: Create & configure a new site

Team: Choose your team name

Site name: Choose a name or enter for a random name

Build command: enter since our static site does not have a build command

Directory to deploy: It should default to what is in netlify.toml. enter to leave it unchanged.

Netlify functions folder: It should default to what is in netlify.toml. enter to leave it unchanged.

After the site is created: netlify open --admin to reach the admin page or netlify open --site to see the site in production.

Environment Variables

This project uses the npm package dotenv to load environment variables locally. Once the source is deployed, it will pull the enivornment variables from Netlify.

Create a package.json with npm init -y

Add the dotenv package with npm i dotenv

Create a top-level file name .env

In .env, add key-value pairs, one on each line. For example: NAME=ALICE