To run the development server, run:
$ npm install
$ npm run start
This will start a server on port 3000. Changes in most files will be picked up automatically and you don't even need to reload the browser.
Building the static version is done with:
$ npm run build
This command will create a bundle.js file in dist/ directory. This needs to
be served from static/ directory. Use index.html as an entry point. When
deployed, make sure the fonts are available.
A file named config.json should be available in the static/ folder. It
should contain an object with key baseURL pointing to the API root of PDC
server. The URL must include trailing slash.
The application is built using React for rendering the views and Redux for managing the application state. Communication with the PDC server is done using isomorphic-fetch package (although only the browser part is actually used).
The server url is currently hardcoded in actions.js file as a top-level
constant.
The app itself is modeled as a state machine, where each state corresponds to a
particular view. The transitions are initiated by user clicking on buttons. See
the top of reducers.js for more details.
The the app is loaded, it starts to download the data about partners and releases. This data is stored and never refreshed (except for changes made by the user).
All other interactions with the server are a result of some user action.