Employee Directory with React and Node

Employee directory is a sample application that allows you to look up employees by name, view the details of an employee, call, text, or email an employee, and navigate up and down the org chart.

This version of Employee Directory is built with React and Node.js.

You can test the application in your browser:

Using the hosted version
By running the application's Node.js server locally
By deploying the application's Node.js server on Heroku

You can also run the application as a hybrid app in Cordova.

Hosted Version

Click here to run the hosted version in your browser.

Running the Node.js Server Locally

Make sure you have an up-to-date version of Node.js installed on your system. If you don't have Node.js installed, you can install it from here.
Clone this repository
On the command line, navigate (cd) to the directory-react-nodejs folder
Install the server dependencies

npm install

Start the server

node server

Open a browser and access: http://localhost:5000

Deploying the Node.js Server to Heroku

Click the "Deploy to Heroku" button at the top of this page to deploy the application to your own Heroku instance.

Running in Cordova

Step 1: Install Cordova

Make sure you have an up-to-date version of Node.js installed on your system. If you don't have Node.js installed, you can install it from here.
Open a terminal window (Mac) or a command window (Windows), and install Cordova:

npm install -g cordova

On a Mac, you may have to use sudo depending on your system configuration:

sudo npm install -g cordova

If you already have Cordova installed on your computer, make sure you update to the latest version:

npm update -g cordova

sudo npm update -g cordova

Step 2: Create the application

Using the Cordova CLI, create an application named employee-directory:

cordova create react-directory

Delete the default www folder in the react-directory folder that was just created
Copy the www folder from this repository to the Cordova project's employee-directory folder
Add cordova.js as the first script in index.html
```
<script src="cordova.js"></script>
```
codova.js doesn't need to be in your www folder. It is automatically injected by the Cordova CLI during the build process
Modify www/js/data-service.js and set the baseURL variable to the URL where your Node.js server is running. For example:
```
var baseURL = 'http://reactjs-directory.herokuapp.com';
```

Step 3: Building for iOS

You need the iOS SDK installed on your computer to build an iOS version of your application using the steps below.

On the command line, make sure you are in the react-directory folder
Add support for the iOS platform:
```
cordova platforms add ios
```
Build the project:
```
cordova build ios
```
Open react-directory.xcodeproj in the ract-directory/platforms/ios folder
In Xcode, run the application on a device connected to your computer or in the iOS emulator

Step 4: Building for Android

You need the Android SDK installed on your computer to build an Android version of your application using the steps below.

Make sure the Android SDK and the ant build tool are available on your system. The Android SDK is available here. Both the android and ant tools must be available in your path. To test your configuration, you should be able to execute both android and ant from the command line.
On the command line, make sure you are in the react-directory folder
Add support for the Android platform:
```
cordova platforms add android
```
Build the project:
```
cordova build android
```
The project is built in the react-directory/platforms/android folder
To build and run the application on an Android device connected to your computer using a USB cable:
```
cordova run android
```
To build and run the application in the Android emulator:
```
cordova emulate android
```

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