Repo

This repo is the front-end of the Policy Design Lab (https://policydesignlab.ncsa.illinois.edu). README is under development.

Run Docker container locally for development

• In a terminal, export APP_ENV=development to point to development environment
• Build the image and pass in the build environment docker build --no-cache --build-arg APP_ENV="${APP_ENV}" --progress=plain --tag pdl/pdl-frontend .
• Run the container docker run -p 3000:80 pdl/pdl-frontend:latest
• Go to http://localhost:3000

Upgrade node version

To upgrade the node version, following the steps below:

1. Run rm -rf node_modules package-lock.json to remove the old node modules.
2. If you use nvm as package manager, update the .nvmrc file with the new node version.
3. Make sure you do nvm use to use the new node version.
4. Run npm install -g npm@latest to update npm.
5. Run npm install to update the node modules.
6. Update the Dockerfile with the new node version by changing the FROM line.
7. Modify the test.yaml in the .github/workflows folder to use the new node version for lint checking. You don't need to update another file.
8. Test the application locally to make sure everything works fine.
9. Test the application using Docker to make sure everything works fine.