The Spectacle core API is available at https://github.com/FormidableLabs/spectacle/blob/master/README.markdown.
After downloading the boilerplate, your first order of business is to open terminal and run npm install
Next, run rm -R .git to remove the existing version control.
Then, to start up the local server, run npm start
Open a browser and hit http://localhost:3000, and we are ready to roll
On Windows you might get an error saying
'NODE_ENV' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.
Thus, modify the npm scripts in package.json to properly set the NODE_ENV environment variable:
...
"scripts": {
"build": "SET NODE_ENV=production & webpack --config webpack.config.production.js",
"start": "SET NODE_ENV=development & node server.js"
},
...Building the dist version of the project is as easy as running npm run build
If you want to deploy the slideshow to surge, run npm run deploy