@carletonuniversity/rds v0.9.9

Raven Design System

Raven Design System, better known as RDS, is Carleton University’s design system, is a living digital organism uniting campus wide teams around a common visual language.

Build Tools

• React
• TypeScript
• Storybook
• Vite
• Tailwind CSS

Getting Started

1. In a terminal window open your install location and run the following:

   git clone https://github.com/cuweb/rds.git

2. Once the clone is complete move into the RDS directory and run:

   npm install

3. Run Storybook

   npm run storybook

4. Other useful shell commands

• npm run rebuild - deletes node modules, package lock and run npm install
• npm run format - format files with prettier
• npm run lint - check for errors with eslint
• npm run size - compare compiled size against pre-defined limit

Comment Linting

When adding a commit with a commit you may be blocked if you do not prefix your comment with one of the following types. So a commit should look like: git commit -m "change: updated spacing around button". The prefix requires a colon to separate it from the comment.

• add - used when adding something new such as a component, story or test file
• change - used when making a change to an existing file in the project
• deprecate - used when deprecating code
• doc - used when updating something related to documentation
• fix - used when fixing an error, warning or something else
• finish - used when finishing a feature or fix
• refactor - used when refactoring something such as a component or build tool
• release - used when preparing a new release
• revert - used when revert to a past commit
• test - used when making changes relating to testing
• upgrade - used when upgrading packages

Deployment

This project is available as an NPM Package.

How to use in a project

1. Install the package using one of the following command:

   yarn add @carletonuniversity/rds
   npm install @carletonuniversity/rds

2. Import the css file into your primary css file using:

   /* primarycssfile.css */
   @import '../node_modules/@carletonuniversity/rds/dist/index.css';

   OR

   /* primarycssfile.css */
   @import '~@carletonuniversity/rds/dist/index.css';