setup.md

Setup your project

This page is part of the App Framework Documentation

Installation

Creating a new application project my-app is easily done in the following four steps:

1. Run mkdir my-app to create a new folder my-app
2. Run cd my-app to open the folder my-app
3. Run echo {} > package.json to create a package.json file
4. Run npm install --save-dev app-framework to
   • install App Framework and its dependencies
   • create the project folder structure
   • complete the package.json file

After the installation process finished, you should see this folder structure.

You can run npm run dev to see if your new app opens in the browser.

Update

If there is a newer version of App Framework available at the npm repository, there will be an alert at the development server.

You have to update App Framework per application project by running npm update --save-dev app-framework.

Notes

The proper way to install the App Framework is to include it as a dev-dependency in your app's package.json file, i.e. it must be installed as a module, and not cloned as a repo. The npm install command will generate the appropriate directories in your app's root directory, and will add the relevant scripts to your app's package.json file.