BostonHacks-2024

Currently temporary, soon to be official 2024 Landing Site

Authors: BostonHacks 2024 Tech Team

To run

Make sure Node is installed and put within your PATH so it can be called by your terminal
run npm install in the /bostonhacks directory. Don't run it in the root directory or the dependencies won't install in the correct location
Run npm run dev to start the local server
Go to your browser http://localhost:3000
Any changes will auto-update without needing to restart the server

If you don't have the files yet, git clone https://github.com/Bostonhacks/BostonHacks-2024.git in a folder you want the project to exist in.`

git pull origin <branch>
If pulling main and working on feature
1. git checkout -b new_branch_name or git checkout branch_name for an existing local branch
  1. You can do git branch to list local branches
Make your changes.
git add .
git commit -m "your message"
git push origin <branch>
1. This will create a branch on the remote repo (if not existing). Make sure you include the branch name as pushes default to main.

Push your changes to branches. No commits should be directly made to main (unless minor fix)
Create a pull request for your branch to merge into main
Someone with approval permissions will approve the merge or give feedback

This repository uses Typescript. Typescript is not a different language but adds extra functionality on top of Javascript. Typescript code will still run even if it flags an error as long as the Javascript code is correct.
Try not to add insane dependencies with npm install <package>. Add dependencies that are necessary, remove those that you aren't using anymore. By default packages are not stored on GitHub, but the package.json keeps track of dependencies instead. Check that JSON file to ensure you added/removed packages. package-lock.json is a much more detailed but verbose overview.
Since this is a Next App, content is by default server side rendered. This means if you wish to use React specific hooks like useRef or useState (sometimes NextJS has hooks that replace React default ones to work better), you should put "use client" at the top of the component.