CVT Official Landing Page

This is the official landing page for CVT! This is worked on by the website team of CVT.

Important links

• GitHub respository: https://github.com/Coronavirus-Visualization-Team/site
• Currently deployed website: https://www.understandcovid.org/

Current members

• Steve (Executive)
• Calix (Lead, Lead Dev, Community Manager)
• Fernanda (Lead, Developer)
• Jake (Developer)
• Wanyu (Developer)

Technology stack

• React.js
• Gatsby.js
• Netlify (deployment)
• Airtable (embeddings)
• Google Domains (DNS)

Syntax guidelines

• Basic linting format
• Spaces between “=” and one-lined “{}”
• Always use curly braces on if statements and loops
• Use comments, but not too much
• Follow React.js best practices
• Avoid using custom CSS, use the “theme-ui” properties/syntax instead
• Use the same coding-style as used currently
• If you are not sure if you should delete some code, just comment it out temporarily

Developer workflow

• We solely use GitHub
• We do not use Trello anymore
• Co-Leads will assign tasks to developers
• All communication happens in the private “website-project” channel on CVT
• When working on the website, you can do any of the 3 things:
  • Work from an issue
  • Pick an issue
  • Make sure you assign yourself to the task
• Be sure to work on your own branch
  • You can pull requests with your own branch, you can’t push changes directly to the master
• Once you’re done, make a pull request
  • Doesn’t merge changes into master immediately
  • Also lets Netlify run checks before merge
  • One of the Co-Leads will look at your PR and merge it or tell you to make changes
• Testing the website
  • Go on our deployed website and test for any bugs
  • Not e2e/unit tests, just regular user tests
  • Any bugs that are found should be filed as an issue
    • Make sure you use the right tags!
    • Don’t assign anyone other than yourself

Activity/time commitment

• There is no set number of hours you must work each day
• We expect you to constantly be working on tasks and helping improve the website most of the days of the week
• The website community manager (Calix) will oversee everyone’s progress and work
• Those who do not contribute up to the standard are in risk of being removed off of the website team

Support

If you need any help, reach out to Calix, Steve, or Fernanda!