#MASV Website
A graphic design portfolio site for a local design company, MASV.
##Built With
- JavaScript
- jQuery
- Express.js
- Sass
- HTML
- Greensock
- ScrollMagic
- Git
##ProjectStatus This project is currently in development. There are still some minor tweaks to styling that need to be done, it needs to be deployed on Heroku, and I am working on the individual project pages. Copy will also be updated from the owner of the company.
##View MASV --will post link once deployed
##Installation and Setup Instructions Clone down the repository. You will need 'node' and 'npm' installed.
####Installaion: 'npm install'
####Test: 'npm run feature' 'npm run sel'
####Start server: 'npm start'
####Visit App: 'localhost:3000'
##Reflection This was a 3 week long personal project at the Turing School of Software and Design. My main goals were to work with a real company and focus on clean ui and animation techniques. I was really interested in familiarizing myself with parralax scrolling techniques and including complex animation and scrolling JavaScript plugins.
I chose to not include a JavaScript framework, like React, because I wanted to see if I could build a website to production without it, as I know that I may be working in a lot of codebases that don't utilize Frameworks like React or Ember.
One of the main challenges I ran into was not having access to routing without building my own backend server. In order to solve this problem I implemented a backend node server with Express.js and combined that with the powers of having multiple inputs and outputs with Webpack. It was also difficult to implement plugins into Webpack, it took a lot of research and trial and error to be able to write my Webpack in a way that allowed for ScrollMagic and GSAP.
This project really opened up a pandoras box for me with client side animations, I feel as though I've just dipped a toe in and I'm excited to be able to continue to learn more as this project progresses and to implement the techniques I learned into future projects.
##Work With Me I'm always open to new opportunities (full-time, freelance and contract). Email me at lacey.knaff@gmail.com if you’re interested in working together.