FILES.md

Files in the root folder

• .babelrc: The Babel configuration. Babel is a ES6 to ES5 JavaScript transpiler, which means it's the tool that allows us to use ES6 in our applications.

• .eslintignore: Tell eslint to ignore certain files that should not be linted. (Analyse your code for potential errors/suspicious usage)

• .eslintrc: The eslint configuration, which checks that the JavaScript files are written in a standardised way.

• .gitattributes: Normalizes how git, the version control system this boilerplate uses, handles certain files.

• .gitignore: Tells git to ignore certain files and folders which don't need to be version controlled, like the build folder.

• .htaccess: A default server configuration for a single page applications for the Apache web server. See the README for more information.

• index.html: The HTML file that your web application uses.

• makewebpackconfig.js: Generates the webpack configuration. In development mode, we add hot reloading and don't minify our code. In production mode, we minify everything.

  • webpack.dev.config.js: Generates the webpack configuration for development.

  • webpack.prod.config.js: Generates the webpack configuration for production.

• manifest.json: On Chrome for Android (soon hopefully more browsers), users can add a webpage to the homescreen. This file specifies the name/icon/... that is displayed.

• package.json: The npm configuration file. When you run npm install, this is the list that tells npm which packages/libraries to download. Also, npm start, npm run build,... commands are specified here.

• server.dev.js: The development server that runs when npm start is entered into the command line.

• server.prod.js: The server that runs when npm run serve is entered into the command line.

• serviceworker.js: The script that tells the serviceworker how to cache our files for offline usage.