PREREQUISITES

1. Unix-based environment (Mac OSX, Linux)
2. node.js version 6.0+ and npm version 3.0+, use nvm to manage multiple node.js versions
3. Docker with the docker-compose command

BASIC INSTALL STEPS

1. Clone repo with git clone https://github.com/hydrotik/node-hapi-react-redux-sass-typescript-mongo-webpack-hmr-gulp --recursive
2. Run npm install
3. Run npm run dev and visit http://localhost:8000/

CREATING A PLUGIN

Assuming you have created a git repo for your plugin, you'll use git submodules to develop it

1. Run git submodule add https://github.com/YOUR_PLUGIN_REPO plugins/YOUR_PLUGIN_REPO
2. Run git submodule update --init to update all the plugins, including yours

REGISTERING YOUR PLUGIN WITH HAPI

Go to the src/server/Manifest.js file and adding something like the below will usually suffice:

{
    "plugin": {
        "register": "../../node_modules/YOUR_PLUGIN_REPO",
        "select": ["web"],
        "routes": {
            "prefix": "/route_to_your_plugin"
        },
        "options": {
        }
    }
}

GLOBALLY AVAILABLE FUNCTIONS THAT ARE ADDED TO server.app

server.app.getMongo() Returns a Promise that resolves with the MongoClient db object

server.app.getManifest() Returns a JSON object containing the Manifest which contains global configuration

PLUGIN CODE

See plugins/dashboard-component/src/server/index.js for an example of plugin code and see the hapi.js documentation

INCLUDED PLUGINS

contentedit https://github.com/dhsaks/contentedit