Javascript ES6 ready frontend starter template

esixstarter is a simple front-end starter template for building javascript applications using ECMAScript6 features.

Features:

• TDD-ready environment.
• ECMAScript6 support.
• CSS & Javascript source map.
• Livereload! Browser automatically refresh on changes.
• LESS support.
• Javascript & CSS minification.
• Javascript linting.
• CSS Autoprefixer.

Quick Start

1. Download the zip project here

2. Or clone this git repo:

   git clone https://github.com/fradot/esixstarter.git

Configure your project

Configure your project using the esixstarter-config.json file:

{
  "name": "-your project name-",
  "description": "-your project description goes here-",
  "dirs": {
      "test": "test",
      "dist": "dist",
      "src": "src"
    },
  "version": "1.0.0",
  "author" : "-author fullname-"
}

Install dependencies & Start developing

Install project dependencies from command line:

npm install

Run gulp command and start developing:

gulp

By default gulp will start a new web server at http://localhost:8080 and karma for test execution.

Javascript code will be transpiled to EcmaScript5. All js files will be minified and included in dist/js/main.js.

Enable javascript source maps in your browser to easily debug your application.

Build project

Build your project using the build command:

gulp build

The above command will produce a 'dist' folder.

License

The MIT License (MIT)

Copyright (c) 2016 Francesco Tucceri

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.