README

app/ directory contains the source code of the Mind Expanding Books website

How to setup development environment

Verify Node Install

node -v
npm -v

Install Gatsby CLI

npm install -g gatsby-cli

git clone https://github.com/hackerkid/Mind-Expanding-Books
cd app/
npm install
gatsby develop

Once this is done, the development server should be accessible at http://localhost:8000

High level overview of the website

• The website is made using Gatsby, which is a React based static site generator.
• The website is deployed in Netlify automatically whenever a commit is pushed to GitHub.
• When you create a pull request with changes to the source code, Netlify will automatically create a website for previewing the changes. You can click on "Details" in the "Deploy preview ready!" message in the pull request page for seeing the website.

From where does the website fetches the data of the books?

Website fetches the data of the books from app/src/data/books.json file. See README in utils directory for details on how this file is generated.