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Development tips

EditorConfig

We support EditorConfig. EditorConfig is a plugin for editors that allows for easy and quick configuration of editors for multiple properties. Feel free to install a plugin for your editor.

Main front-end template/asset locations

Templates that are served by the Django server: cfgov/jinja2/v1

Static assets prior to processing (compilation, minification, etc.): cfgov/unprocessed.

!!! note

After running `yarn build` (or `./setup.sh`) the site's assets are copied over to `cfgov/static_built`,
ready to be served by Django.

Adding new Javascript entrypoints

  • In order to build standalone javascript files that are to be included in a template, they need to be included in the jsPaths variable in esbuild/scripts.

Installing new front-end dependencies

  • Use yarn add [email protected] to install new dependencies or update existing dependencies.
  • If you can't do this for some reason or are looking to freshen all dependencies, you will need to edit .yarnrc, temporarily commenting out the --install.pure-lockfile true and --install.offline true flags before proceeding with your installation or update.
  • In the rare but observed case that yarn add [email protected] doesn't add every needed package to the offline cache, you likely need to first run yarn cache clean.

Watching files for changes

Some (but not all) JavaScript and CSS files can be rebuilt automatically when they are changed by using yarn watch.

Developing on nested satellite apps

Some projects can sit inside consumerfinance.gov, but manage their own asset dependencies. These projects have their own package.json and base templates.

The structure looks like this:

npm modules

  • List an app's own dependencies in cfgov/unprocessed/apps/[project namespace]/package.json.

App build scripts

  • Apps may include their own scripts to run during the build process These must be required from esbuild/build.js

Adding Images

  • Images should be compressed and optimized before being committed to the repo
  • In order to keep builds fast and reduce dependencies, the front-end build does not contain an image optimization step
  • A suggested workflow for those with Adobe Creative Suite is as follows:
    1. Export a full-quality PNG from Adobe Illustrator
    2. Reexport that PNG from Adobe Fireworks as an 8-bit PNG
    3. Run the 8-bit PNG through ImageOptim

Templates

  • Apps use a Jinja template that extends the base.html template used by the rest of the site. This template would reside in cfgov/jinja2/[project namespace]/index.html or similar (for example, owning-a-home).

!!! note

A template may support a non-standard browser, like an older IE version,
by including the required dependencies, polyfills, etc. in its
template's `{% block css %}` or `{% block javascript scoped %}` blocks.