README.md

OFFLINE FIRST PWA

w/ React, PouchDB, Cloudant

Nick Kasten IBM Dev Intern Summer 2017

Quick Start

1. git clone this repo and cd into the project's root directory.
2. Execute mv src/sample-secret.js src/secret.js from the root directory.
3. Create a new database in your Cloudant instance.
4. Enable CORS in Cloudant and add http://localhost:3000 to the list of origin domains.
5. Add your Cloudant URL to src/secret.js.
6. Execute npm install from the root directory of the project to install dependencies.
7. Use npm start to start the development server and launch your app.
8. Navigate to http://localhost:3000 to see your app runninig in your browser.

Testing Service Workers/Offline Support

1. In Cloudant add http://localhost:5000 to the list of origin domains.
2. Run npm run build to run a production build.
3. Run npm install -g serve to install serve.
4. Run serve -s build to serve the production build.
5. Navigate to http://localhost:5000 to see your app runninig in your browser.