My Portfolio!

This project is a place for me to put some details about myself and a side project for me to work on to keep my web dev skills sharp.

To run locally

1. in client/src/utils/backendApi.js uncomment the localhost line for the baseUrl
2. open 2 terminals
3. in one terminal cd into backend and run npm run start
4. in other terminal cd into client and run npm run start

Note: for Mac OSX Monterey disable Airplay Receiver in System Preference > Sharing, as it runs on port 5000 and blocks the backend node app

Deployment

client - deployed via github pages

manual deploy from local machine:

• npm run build to create build folder before deployment
• npm run deploy to push latest website version to gh-pages branch
• repo setup to build gh pages from gh-pages branch (specified in repo settings)

automated deploy when push to main branch:

• does the above steps but handled by github action deploy frontend step

backend - serverless function deployed with vercel

• backend/vercel.json configures the deployment
• deployment runs on every push/merge to main