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Minimal Path to Awesome

The shortest way to prepare your local copy of the project for development and testing.

Install prerequisites

Before you start contributing to this project, you will need Node.js. This project has been tested with the 10.x version of Node.js and the version of NPM that comes with it. You can use Node Version Manager to switch between different versions of Node.js.

Get the local version of the project

  • fork this repository
  • clone your fork
  • in the command line:
  • run npm install to restore dependencies
  • run gulp serve to serve your project
  • Start making your changes

Documentation

SharePoint Framework Property Controls uses MkDocs to publish documentation pages. See more information about installing MkDocs on your operating system at http://www.mkdocs.org/#installation.

Also, documentation uses custom MkDocs theme that should be installed as well. See Material theme for MkDocs

Once you have MkDocs and Material theme installed on your machine, in the command line:

  • run cd ./docs/documentation to change directory to where the manual pages are stored
  • run mkdocs serve to start the local web server with MkDocs and view the documentation in the web browser