thomashigginbotham / xpl

A living style guide and component-driven, front-end development resource

Experis Pattern Library

The Experis Pattern Library (XPL) is a living style guide and a component-driven, front-end development resource. It strives to provide auto-generated documentation and reference as well as a development environment for creating highly organized and efficient websites.

Requirements

• Node.js: Download and run the installer.
• Compass (requires Ruby 2.2.x): Enter gem install compass from a command prompt.
• Grunt: Enter npm install -g grunt-cli.
• Bower: Enter npm install -g bower.

Quick Installation

1. Open a command prompt and change to the directory containing this file.
2. Run npm install to retrieve necessary development dependencies.
3. Run bower install to retrieve project dependencies.

Getting Started

From a command line, change to the directory containing this file, and run grunt serve. This will open the Introduction page of the pattern library. Edit the files in the app directory, and watch as the pattern library stays up to date with your changes.

When finished, run grunt to create a dist directory containing optimized scripts and CSS, ready for deployment.