Connor Hunter's Portfolio

A modern, responsive portfolio site built with React, Next.js, AWS, and Material UI. This site showcases Connor Hunter's projects, experience, certifications, and skills with dynamic rendering and optimized static hosting on AWS. It is designed with scalability, accessibility, and performance in mind.

Features

• 💡 Information about Connor Hunter.
• 📱 Mobile-first responsive layout
• ⚙️ AWS Amplify Hosting
• 🌐 Custom domain with HTTPS via Route 53 and ACM
• 🎨 Material UI theme support with modern design
• 🖼️ Static storage and access via S3
• 🧩 Modular and maintainable project structure

Tech Stack

• Frontend:

  • Next.js
  • React
  • TypeScript
  • Material UI
  • Jest

• Backend & Infra:

  • AWS Amplify for hosting and deployments
  • S3 for static content storage
  • CloudFront for CDN caching and delivery
  • Route 53 for DNS and custom domain
  • ACM for SSL/TLS certificates

• CI/CD:

  • AWS Amplify Connection to GitHub

Getting Started

Development Prerequisites

• Node.js (Latest LTS version)
• GitHub account
• AWS account and connection to Amplify.
• Environment variable values to fetch data
• S3 bucket with data.

Installation

1. Clone the repository

git clone https://github.com/connh321/connorhunter.git
cd connorhunter

2. Install dependencies

npm install

3. Start the development server

npm run dev

4. For production build and preview

npm run build
npm start

Development

• npm run dev - Start development server
• npm run build - Build production bundle
• npm run lint - Run ESLint
• npm run format - Format code
• npm run test - Run tests

Deployment

The application can be deployed using AWS Amplify. First push your changes to GitHub and Amplify should automatically pick up the changes.

Git Hooks

This project uses Husky for Git hooks to ensure code quality:

Pre-commit

• Runs ESLint
• Runs Jest unit tests
• Runs Prettier formatting

Pre-push

• Runs ESLint
• Runs Jest unit tests
• Runs Prettier formatting

To skip hooks temporarily while committing/ pushing (not recommended), use:

--no-verify

Note: Hooks can be found in the .husky directory

Contributing

1. Fork the repository
2. Create your feature branch (git checkout -b feature/AmazingFeature)
3. Commit your changes (git commit -m 'Add some AmazingFeature')
4. Push to the branch (git push origin feature/AmazingFeature)
5. Open a Pull Request

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.

Author

Connor Hunter - @connh321