Recommended Setup

Node Version Manager

Blendid requires at least Node 6. While you can install Node a variety of ways, we highly recommend using nvm to install and manage Node versions.

Yarn

We recommend yarn over npm for a few reasons: yarn.lock files are a lifesaver, modules install way faster, and yarn run for running package.json scripts and node_modules/.bin executables is a nice convenience. It's just better.

Init and Run tasks

Once you have made sure you are using the correct version of Node and have Yarn installed, in a new directory run:

yarn init

This will generate a package.json file. Follow the prompts, entering the appropriate information.

Once that is complete run:

yarn add blendid
yarn run blendid init

This will add the blendid package to your project and run an the init task to build out a template file structure, adding a src/ directory a config/ directory and a few . prefixed files to your root directory.

Once you have run the init file, you can simply run:

yarn run blendid

This will watch your files, compile them and live reload in the browser.

Check out the Commands tab for the full list of Blendid commands.