ccogs/downforacross.com

Web frontend for downforacross.com -- continuation of stevenhao/crosswordsio

downforacross

Downforacross is an online website for sharing crosswords and playing collaboratively with friends in real time.

It is hosted at https://downforacross.com/.

Contributing

If you notice a bug or have a feature request, feel free to open an issue.

Getting Started

1. Install nvm and yarn

2. Clone repo and cd to repo root.

   git clone https://github.com/downforacross/downforacross.com.git cd downforacross.com

3. Use node v10 nvm install nvm use

4. Install Dependencies yarn

5. Run frontend server yarn start

Contributing

Down for a Cross is open to contributions from developers of any level or experience. See https://github.com/downforacross/downforacross.com/blob/master/Contributing.md to get started!

Tips

Developing for mobile web:

• Mobile device emulator: https://appetize.io/demo?device=nexus7&scale=50&orientation=portrait&osVersion=9.0
• Public urls for local server: ngrok, https://ngrok.com/
• Remote debugging (e.g. safari developer mode) tips: https://support.brightcove.com/debugging-mobile-devices

Other resources

• https://firebase.google.com/docs/database/web/start (intro to firebase realtime database)
• https://reactjs.org/tutorial/tutorial.html (intro to react)
• https://www.messenger.com/t/steven.hao.14 (helpline)
• https://discord.gg/KjPHFw8 (community discord)