period-app-for-teens

An app built to educate teens about menstruation, reduce stigma, and help teenagers keep track of their period.

Instructions

fork this repo to your own github account
From your forked repo, click on <> Code, then copy the HTTPS URL
In the terminal, cd into where you want to save this repo
Run git clone paste-the-copied-url-here
cd into the cloned repo
Run git checkout -b your-own-branch to checkout (create) a new branch to work on
*skip to 'Install' section*
Before you push your commit, run git pull to make sure your local repo is up-to-date with the original remote repo
Do your git add . and git commit -m 'msg'
git push -u origin your-own-branch to push
Go to your cloned repo and make a pull request
The base should be the original repo, head is your own local copy your-own-branch
Create pull request

In the terminal, run npm start
If you see Server is running on port 3000, you have successfully started the server
Open browser, go to localhost:3000
You should be able to see content from views/dashboard.ejs file
You can now edit any files, then refresh the page in the browser to view changes
To stop the server from running (in order to use the terminal in VS Code again), press Ctrl + C

To add a new EJS file, run touch views/file-name-you-want.ejs from the terminal
All EJS files should be in views folder
All CSS, JS, and image files should be in their own folder in public folder
You can copy everything from dashboard.ejs to your newly created EJS file, then replace the content inside <body>
To link to your own JS file from an EJS file, add <%- include('/js/your-js-file.js') %> to the bottom of the EJS file (where you would add your <script> tag)
To view your new EJS file, go to routes/index.js and follow the instruction there

Name		Name	Last commit message	Last commit date
Latest commit History 4 Commits
config		config
public		public
routes		routes
views		views
.gitignore		.gitignore
README.md		README.md
index.js		index.js
package-lock.json		package-lock.json
package.json		package.json