simpledev.md

Create a simple development environment for your html/css/js projects.

Checklist

• Install a good code editor. Pick one: Brackets (open source) or Sublime Text or Atom (by GitHub)
• Create a GitHub account and install git if not already installed
• Learn some basic command line

Share your code with GitHub

• Start with creating an empty Github repository with an open license like MIT.
• Clone the repository to your local machine from terminal git clone <repository.git>. You want to keep your repositories organised in a common place on your system, maybe ~/GitHub/<repository>
• To commit all your changes git commit -am "commit message" and push them online using git push

Testing your code

• Websites need to be tested using a server for the JS to execute properly. From terminal run python -m SimpleHTTPServer to serve your files locally.

Publishing your site online

• You can use GitHub Pages to serve static sites online for free. Create a special branch of your code using git checkout -b gh-pages and push the changes. Alternatively use mb-pages (public) or hey-pages (private) for a Mapbox repository.
• Your site will be live at http://user_name.github.io/repository_name