my-external-links

Description

Web component for displaying social media icons which navigate a user to the link attached to them.

Links

• GitHub Repo
• NPM

Usage

To import into an HTML file:

<script type="module">
    import '@essential-component-toolbox/my-external-links/src/my-external-links.js';
</script>

To import into an existing JS module / web component:

import '@essential-component-toolbox/my-external-links/src/my-external-links.js';

HAX Component Instructions

DDD + Lit web component based on OpenWC toolchain. This is intended to provide the following:

• Look good via DDD, HAX design system
• Simple, easy to read code via Lit
• Great workflow via OpenWC tooling + Vercel for sharing demos
• Simplify contribution to the HAX ecosystem
• Publish and distribute via npmjs.com

Install dependencies

• npm install - installs dependencies so you can work

Commands

• npm start - runs your web component for development, reloading on file changes
• npm run build - builds your web component and outputs it in your dist directory for placement on web servers in a compiled form. Vercel automatically does this on commit to github.
• npm run release - this will build your code, update the version, and publish it to npm for others to use

Working with your web component

• edit /src/my-external-links.js
• edit your 'demo' by modifying ./index.html
• add dependencies using npm install --save @whatever/repo or editing ./package.json directly
• if you must reference additional non-JS files, ensure you use the new URL('./my-file.jpg', import.meta.url).href syntax so that it builds correctly
• if you add additional .js files / web components then place them under /src/
• to improve HAX wiring edit file in /lib/my-external-links.haxProperties.json

Recommended setup

• Load VS code in 1 window to project root
• Browser open
• Right click -> Inspect and open the Console to see error output

Recommended Integrated Development Environment (IDE)

• VSCode

Plugins

Name: lit-html
Description: Syntax highlighting and IntelliSense for html inside of JavaScript and TypeScript tagged template strings
Publisher: Matt Bierner
VS Marketplace Link: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=bierner.lit-html

Name: lit-plugin
Description: Syntax highlighting, type checking and code completion for lit-html
Publisher: Rune Mehlsen
VS Marketplace Link: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=runem.lit-plugin

Credits

Component created by Zach Dodson under the name Essential Component Toolbox.

A brighter future dreamed and developed by the Penn State HAXTheWeb initative.

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