elm-gamehostserver

A Server hosting a website written mostly in Elm.

Setup

As with any node/npm based project their are a couple one time setup steps.

1. Install node.js https://nodejs.org/
2. Install elm, npm install -g elm
3. Get the project dependencies, npm install
4. Get the Elm project dependencies, elm package install

Usage

Development:

Fastest way to get started is run the gulp dev task. Once you see nodemon start the server navigate to http://localhost:3000/ to view.

gulp dev starts several dev tasks

1. webpack-dev-server:client will auto-recompile the client code on save. It also hosts the client code at http://localhost:3010/ with hot module replacement support.
2. build-dev:server will auto-recompile the server code on save.
3. start-dev:server:new-process will start the server at http://localhost:3000/ and will auto-restart whenever the compiled server file is changed.
4. webpack-dev-server:tests will auto-recompile the test code on save and will also host it at http://localhost:8000/.

If you wish to debug then you can use vscode, use the provided .vscode/launch.json file

Test production version:

This project is intended to run on anything that supports iisnode (like azure web apps). Use gulp prepare:prod to prepare a production ready distributable version of the site in the _dist folder.

You can validate that it works by running the gulp run:prod command to start the server using the production scripts. Navigate to http://localhost:3000/ to view.