template (Elderjs) — Svelte Tool Template

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# Elder.js Template Project

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This is a project template for [Elder.js](https://elderguide.com/tech/elderjs/) apps. The template lives at https://github.com/elderjs/template and the Elder.js source is here: https://github.com/elderjs/elderjs

Here is a demo of the template: [https://elderjs.pages.dev/](https://elderjs.pages.dev/)

## Get started

To create a new project based on this template using [degit](https://github.com/Rich-Harris/degit):

```bash
npx degit Elderjs/template elderjs-app
cd elderjs-app
```

### Install the dependencies:

```bash
npm install # or just yarn
```

### Start Project:

```bash
npm start # or npm run dev
```

Navigate to [localhost:3000](http://localhost:3000). You should see your app running.

This spawns a development server, so simply edit a file in `src`, save it, and reload the page to see your changes.

You can also see a live demo of this template: [https://elderjs.pages.dev/](https://elderjs.pages.dev/)

#### What to Expect

- A dev server is watching your files for changes. It will restart when it needs to.
- Rollup is watching your files for changes. It will restart when it needs to.
- If your `elder.config.js` has `@elderjs/plugin-browser-reload': {}` in it's plugins, your browser will automatically restart after the server restarts.

**esbuild**

If you are looking for a faster development experience run `npm run esbuild` this is experimental but will be improving rapidly.

### To Build HTML for Production:

```bash
npm run build
```

Let the build finish. It will put all of your statically generated files in `./public`.

If you wish to preview you can use:

```bash
npx sirv-cli public
```

### To Run in SSR Mode for Production:

```bash
npm run serve
```