This is the new code base for main personal site https://JamieSmiths.com.

It was scaffolded out using the polymer-cli tool; Chose for rapid generation and was curious on what's changed since polymer ≤ v1.

Leaving more on that below of anyone finds this and wants to explore.

If anyone wants to use this for their own thing, here's the setup to get it going...

First, install Polymer CLI using npm (we assume you have pre-installed node.js).

npm install -g polymer-cli

Second, install Bower using npm

npm install -g bower

mkdir my-app
cd my-app
polymer init polymer-2-starter-kit

This command serves the app at http://127.0.0.1:8081 and provides basic URL routing for the app:

polymer serve

The polymer build command builds your Polymer application for production, using build configuration options provided by the command line or in your project's polymer.json file.

You can configure your polymer.json file to create multiple builds. This is necessary if you will be serving different builds optimized for different browsers. You can define your own named builds, or use presets. See the documentation on building your project for production for more information.

The Polymer Starter Kit is configured to create three builds using the three supported presets:

"builds": [
  {
    "preset": "es5-bundled"
  },
  {
    "preset": "es6-bundled"
  },
  {
    "preset": "es6-unbundled"
  }
]

Builds will be output to a subdirectory under the build/ directory as follows:

build/
  es5-bundled/
  es6-bundled/
  es6-unbundled/

• es5-bundled is a bundled, minified build with a service worker. ES6 code is compiled to ES5 for compatibility with older browsers.
• es6-bundled is a bundled, minified build with a service worker. ES6 code is served as-is. This build is for browsers that can handle ES6 code - see building your project for production for a list.
• es6-unbundled is an unbundled, minified build with a service worker. ES6 code is served as-is. This build is for browsers that support HTTP/2 push.

Run polymer help build for the full list of available options and optimizations. Also, see the documentation on the polymer.json specification and building your Polymer application for production.

This command serves your app. Replace build-folder-name with the folder name of the build you want to serve.

polymer serve build/build-folder-name/

This command will run Web Component Tester against the browsers currently installed on your machine:

polymer test

If running Windows you will need to set the following environment variables:

• LAUNCHPAD_BROWSERS
• LAUNCHPAD_CHROME

Read More here daffl/launchpad

You can extend the app by adding more views that will be demand-loaded e.g. based on the route, or to progressively render non-critical sections of the application. Each new demand-loaded fragment should be added to the list of fragments in the included polymer.json file. This will ensure those components and their dependencies are added to the list of pre-cached components and will be included in the build.