Pressbooks Directory (Front End)

This Project is a Vue 3 vite project based on https://vitejs.dev/ and is backwards compatible with Vue 2.

Requirements

• Node.js version >=16.0.0

Setup environment variables

Create an .env.local file using the .env.example file: cp .env.example .env.local and set appropriate values for those variables for your local environments.

Customize configuration

See Configuration Reference.

Install dependencies

npm install

Compile and hot-reload for development

npm run dev

app will run in port 3001

Compile and minify for production

npm run build

Lint and fix files

npm run lint

Deployment

Deployment of this application is automatic once the dev or master branch is updated. The pipeline uses AWS's CodePipeline to check periodically for changes in the GitHub repository, build assets using npm run build, and put the content in the 'dist' folder to the S3 bucket where it is hosted as a static website.

Environment Variables

All environment variables needed are set in the CodeBuild's environment variables. To update an environment variable, go to the AWS console in CodePipeline, select the pipeline, and edit the 'Build' stage. Then update the buildspec of the CodeBuild Project configuration in AWS.

ex: VITE_APP_ALGOLIA_APP_ID=${VITE_APP_ALGOLIA_APP_ID} NEW_ENV_VAR=${NEW_ENV_VAR_VALUE} npm run build

SSL Certificates

SSL certificates use AWS's Certification Manager along with CloudFront to ensure the application uses https. The certification is renewed automatically by AWS.

Testing

We use Cypress with BrowserStack for E2E testing. Tests are located in e2e/integration folder. All tests will run against e2e_pressbooks_directory index. The Pressbooks Directory app must be properly configured with a working Algolia application and indices properly defined in the relevant environment variables.

Run E2E tests on BrowserStack

Make sure to declare your BrowserStack credentials in your .env file:

BROWSERSTACK_USERNAME=<YOUR BROWSERSTACK USERNAME>
BROWSERSTACK_ACCESS_KEY=<YOUR BROWSER STACK ACCESS KEY>

For more information see: https://www.browserstack.com/docs/automate/selenium/reset-access-key

Example: npm run test:stack.

Running only one spec file

Example: npm run test:stack --specs=e2e/integration/pagination.spec.js.

The browser matrix can be configured locally in: browserstack.json

BrowserStack reports can be accessed in App Live BrowserStack Dashboard.

Run E2E tests locally

Tests can also be run locally as well using the instructions below:

1. You can run local tests on Chrome, Firefox and Edge. Make sure you have at least one of those browsers installed on your local machine.
2. Make sure that you have properly configured the Algolia indices to be used by your application. The Pressbooks internal team can find details here
3. The local server should already be running: npm run dev before tests are run locally.
4. Tests can be run locally with the following command: npm run test. Cypress app will open, and you would choose in which browser do you want to run your tests
5. You can run E2E tests on headless mode by running: npm run test:ci
6. You also can run E2E tests on BrowserStack locally by running: npm run test:stack (make sure you have been defined BROWSERSTACK_USERNAME and BROWSERSTACK_ACCESS_KEY env variables. See next section for more details).

Google Analytics integration

The required script for Google Analytics can be found in public/index.html. To send Google Analytics information, you must define VITE_APP_GA_MEASUREMENT_ID environment variable with a working Google Analytics ID.

Sentry Integration

You can track errors and monitor performance with Sentry by defining the Sentry DSN in the VITE_APP_SENTRY_DSN environment variable. If this variable is defined, Sentry errors and data performance will be sent to Sentry.
You can set the Trace Sample Rate by defining the VITE_APP_SENTRY_TRACE_RATE enviroment variable. If not defined, the default value will be 0.5. You can define an environment value for Sentry through the VITE_APP_ENVIRONMENT environment variable. If not defined, the default value will be development.