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Codestar blog

Note: uses static site generation with NextJS. As a consequence, updated data from the APIs (tweets, publications, etc) will only be visible after rebuilding/redeploying.

Developing

• set up a .env.local, use env.local.example as a template
• npm i
• npm run dev
• http://localhost:3000/codestar-website-next

Building

• set up a .env.local, use env.local.example as a template
• npm i
• static build: npx next build && npx next export
• serve static build serve -p 5000 out/
• http://localhost:5000

Deploying

Merges to the main branch are automatically deployed to the staging environment at https://staging.codestar.nl/ by Github Actions. This is hosted on Github pages.

Merges to the production branch are automatically deployed to the production environment at https://code-star.github.io by Github Actions. This is hosted on Github pages from the main branch on the https://github.com/code-star/code-star.github.io repo.

Settings for Github Actions:

• Under github.com > settings > security/secrets > actions > add new repository secret:
  • TWITTER_ACCESS_TOKEN
  • TWITTER_USER_NAME
  • YOUTUBE_API_KEY
  • YOUTUBE_PLAYLIST_ID
  • MASTODON_ACCESS_TOKEN
  • MASTODON_ID
• Also make sure a mapping exists for each key in test.yml and prod.yml