UQ Library

Installing and Running

To start, make sure you're in the UQLibrary folder in command-line.

# Install Node Modules
npm install

# Start the Webpack Server for development
npm start

The server will be available at localhost:3006

Compiling for production

npm run build

Testing

# If you want to run a single test
npm test

# If you want to run test in a watch mode
npm run test:watch

API Methods

The api methods used are: /computers.json /library_hours.json

Note: This app is using mocks placed in data folder and it is hardcoded for simplicity. TODO: add environment support to dynamically change request url.

SEO concerns

Originally SPAs are not suitable for SEO needs. Since a single page application loads data dynamically and creates a markup, usually search robots can’t see and index such content. As a result, a single page app is indexed as an empty page. Server rendering made possible via ReactDOMServer.renderToString. The visitor will receive the already rendered page of markup, which the React application will detect once it has downloaded and run. see more here;

WCAG 2.0 AA compliance considerations

add Aria labels
Every page has an appropriate/meaningful <title></title>
add secondary navigation

WCAG Level A Checklist WCAG Level AA Checklist

Roadmap

refactor to use redux
add environment and config files for easy deployments
add gulp script to deploy to AWS CDN server
add new feature for a user to be able to filter libraries by name (est: 30 mins)

kzima/react-test