Overview

This is the source code for my personal website https://jasonwortley.com. On the site you'll find several projects that I have worked on over the past years of learning Web Development. Projects include:

Homepage

Resume-style homepage made with multiple React components and a single data file. Data is inserted via props to populate the components with text and links. Data can be easily updated via the 'homepageResumeData.js' file.

Runescape gear calculator

A tool for gear recommendations for the MMORPG Runescape (Oldschool servers). Suggestions are calculated by scoring stats for all equippable items using JSON data that contains stat data for all in-game items. Scoring is done by adding all relevant stat values together to get a final gear score for each item. Once all gear scores are calculated, they are sorted and the top 1-4 (determined by screen width) items are displayed. All item images were obtained by brute force scraping the Runescape Grand Exchange API for every item_id (1-22000) and grabbing the image links from the responses. The initial JSON data was found on an old forum, updated JSON data was scraped using my 'Runescape-wiki-scraper' tool https://github.com/Dynatos/Runescape-Wiki-Scraper

API: http://services.runescape.com/m=itemdb_oldschool/api/catalogue/detail.json?item=INSERT_ITEM_ID_HERE

Hidden tool Runescape Max Hit Calculator

Another tool for the MMORPG Runescape (Oldschool servers). I made this tool to better understand how the internal mechanisms of the game work, and to practice creating a readable data pipeline with encapsulated functions that have self-explanatory names. Having a strict pipeline is required to get an accurate output. A full breakdown of the formula can be found at https://oldschoolrunescape.fandom.com/wiki/Maximum_melee_hit My implementation of the logic can be found under /scripts/maxHitCapsule.js

Tool can be found at HTTPS://jasonwortley.com/runescape_max_hit (note that the search bar function is broken as of February 2019)

Path of Exile DPS calculator

A simple damage-per-second calulator for the ARPG Path of Exile. I threw this together because none of the existing tools gave a breakdown of Elemental DPS, instead giving a lump sum. Uses RegEx to pull relevant values from input data.

Todos App

Basic todo list maker that was implemented alongside Redux. The code is partially taken from the Redux documentation, with my personal additon of the delete function.

Calculator

Calculator with an unconventional double functionality of the '-' key serving as both the subtraction and negation operators. Includes pretty animations for simulated realism.

TODO

• Optimize load times through GZIP & minified bundles/images .
• Configure Lets-encrypt for HTTPS, force traffic over HTTPS via NGINX.
• Break CSS up into separate files for each page/tool.
• Scrape up-to-date OSRS item JSON data.
• Scrape up-to-date OSRS item icons to finalize update for '/runescape'.
• Update OSRS Gear tool logic to subsort for equivalent 'desired stat' scores and prioritize overall stats.
• Fix production version of '/runescape_max_hit' search bar (currently input crashes the view).
• Automate renewal of Lets-encrypt certificate.
• Improve test coverage.
• ? Implement hamburger dropdown to replace current mobile NavBar.

Installation

0. See Initial Machine Setup below if you don't have node or git installed, or if you're experiencing issues during Installation

1. Clone the project

   git clone https://github.com/Dynatos/personal-website.git.

2. Install node dependencies (make sure you're inside the folder with the 'package.json' file).

   npm install

3. Run the app

   npm start -s

   This will run the automated build process, start up a webserver, and open the application in your default browser. When doing development with this kit, this command will continue watching all your files. Every time you hit save the code is rebuilt, linting runs, and tests run automatically.

   Note: The -s flag is optional. It enables silent mode which suppresses unnecessary messages during the build.

Initial Machine Setup

1. Install Node 10.11.0 or greater

   Need to run multiple versions of Node? Use nvm.

2. Install Git.

3. Disable safe write in your editor to assure hot reloading works properly.

4. Complete the steps below for your operating system:

   macOS

   • Install watchman via brew install watchman or fswatch via brew install fswatch to avoid this issue which occurs if your macOS has no appropriate file watching service installed.

   Linux

   • Run this to increase the limit on the number of files Linux will watch. Here's why.

     echo fs.inotify.max_user_watches=524288 | sudo tee -a /etc/sysctl.conf && sudo sysctl -p.

   Windows

   • Install Python 2.7. Some node modules may rely on node-gyp, which requires Python on Windows.

   • Install C++ Compiler. Browser-sync requires a C++ compiler on Windows.

     Visual Studio Express comes bundled with a free C++ compiler.

     If you already have Visual Studio installed: Open Visual Studio and go to File -> New -> Project -> Visual C++ -> Install Visual C++ Tools for Windows Desktop. The C++ compiler is used to compile browser-sync (and perhaps other Node modules).

Having Issues? Try these things first

1. Make sure you ran all steps in Installation including the initial machine setup.

2. Run npm install - If you forget to do this, you'll see this: babel-node: command not found.

3. Install the latest version of Node. Or install Node 5.12.0 if you're having issues on Windows. Node 6 has issues on some Windows machines.

4. Make sure files with names that begin with a dot (.editorconfig, .gitignore, .npmrc) are copied to the project directory root. This is easy to overlook if you copy this repository manually.

5. Don't run the project from a symbolic link. It may cause issues with file watches.

6. Delete any .eslintrc that you're storing in your user directory. Also, disable any ESLint plugin / custom rules that you've enabled within your editor. These will conflict with the ESLint rules defined in this project.

7. Make sure you don't have NODE_ENV set to production on your machine. If you do then the development dependencies won't be installed. Here's how to check.

8. Install watchman with brew install watchman if you are having the following error after an initial npm start -s:

   2017-09-05 00:44 node[68587] (FSEvents.framework) FSEventStreamStart: register_with_server: ERROR: f2d_register_rpc() => (null) (-22)
   2017-09-05 00:44 node[68587] (FSEvents.framework) FSEventStreamStart: register_with_server: ERROR: f2d_register_rpc() => (null) (-22)
   events.js:160
         throw er; // Unhandled 'error' event
         ^
   
   Error: Error watching file for changes: EMFILE
       at exports._errnoException (util.js:1022:11)
       at FSEvent.FSWatcher._handle.onchange (fs.js:1406:11)

9. Tip: Things to check if you get an npm run lint error or build error:

   • If ESW found an error or warning in your project (e.g. console statement or a missing semi-colon), the lint thread will exit with Exit status 1. To fix:

     1. Change the npm run lint script to "esw webpack.config.* src tools; exit 0"
     2. Change the npm run lint:watch script to "esw webpack.config.* src tools --watch; exit 0"

     Note: Adding exit 0 will allow the npm scripts to ignore the status 1 and allow ESW to print all warnings and errors.

   • Ensure the eslint/esw globally installed version matches the version used in the project. This will ensure the esw keyword is resolved.

10. Rebuild node-sass with npm rebuild node-sass if you are having and error like Node Sass does not yet support your current environment on macOS XXX after an initial npm start -s.

Technologies

This app is built on top of the React slingshot boilerplate (https://github.com/coryhouse/react-slingshot) and includes the following technologies:

Tech	Description	Learn More
React	Fast, composable client-side components.	Pluralsight Course
Redux	Enforces unidirectional data flows and immutable, hot reloadable store. Supports time-travel debugging. Lean alternative to Facebook's Flux.	Getting Started with Redux, Building React Applications with Idiomatic Redux, Pluralsight Course
React Router	A complete routing library for React	Pluralsight Course
Babel	Compiles ES6 to ES5. Enjoy the new version of JavaScript today.	ES6 REPL, ES6 vs ES5, ES6 Katas, Pluralsight course
Webpack	Bundles npm packages and our JS into a single file. Includes hot reloading via react-transform-hmr.	Quick Webpack How-to Pluralsight Course
Browsersync	Lightweight development HTTP server that supports synchronized testing and debugging on multiple devices.	Intro vid
Jest	Automated tests with built-in expect assertions and Enzyme for DOM testing without a browser using Node.	Pluralsight Course
TrackJS	JavaScript error tracking.	Free trial
ESLint	Lint JS. Reports syntax and style issues. Using eslint-plugin-react for additional React specific linting rules.
SASS	Compiled CSS styles with variables, functions, and more.	Pluralsight Course
PostCSS	Transform styles with JS plugins. Used to autoprefix CSS
Editor Config	Enforce consistent editor settings (spaces vs tabs, etc).	IDE Plugins
npm Scripts	Glues all this together in a handy automated build.	Pluralsight course, Why not Gulp?