DLP node.js comp meeting

Nov 10 2015 DLP Comp Meeting 3: node.js

npm: node package manager
babel: es6 to old js
gulp and grunt: the "make" of node.js
sass: compiles to css
bower: frontend packages (e.g. bootstrap d3 backbone fontawesome jQuery normalize underscore) most updated versions with small include
webpack: module bundler- lots of little pictures->one big spritesheet, concatenating files to static assets
yeoman: scaffolding. run 'yo' and you get the above and more. tool to manage your tools to manage your tools. "yo react-fullstack"

yo'd

imagemin (gulp) pipe: raw images in app, compiled/compressed images in dist.

express: lightweight web framework
gulp has "tasks" like "images", "sass", "svg-sprite", etc.

React uses Routes

Teams: dlp.io, dlp class, cs games
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