README

Pattern Kit is an application that lets you preview your library of templates and manipulate their content by interacting with a form built from the schemas. It is both a development tool and a public-facing pattern library.

For a demo check out Pattern Kit Demo.

Installation

Note, by following these instructions you do not need to clone this git repository.

Create composer.json at pattern library root and require pattern kit

"require": {
    "pattern-builder/pattern-kit": "@dev"
},
"repositories": [
  {
    "type": "vcs",
    "url": "https://github.com/PatternBuilder/pattern-kit"
  }
]

Add index.php at pattern library root

<?php

require_once __DIR__ . '/vendor/autoload.php';
require __DIR__ . '/vendor/pattern-builder/pattern-kit/src/app.php';

$app['http_cache']->run();

Add .pk-config.yml at pattern library root

• Create arrays of paths to your data, schema, template, docs and styleguide files (relative to config)
• Set the file extensions for each file type
• List categories in order you'd like them to appear in navigation
• Add any attributes you want printed on the body tag using body_attr
• Create arrays of assets for css, js and footer js (including live reload if necessary)

title: Project Title

paths:  # relative to your pattern library root
  data:
    - path/to/sample/data
  schemas:
    - path/to/schemas
  templates:
    - path/to/templates
  docs:
    - path/to/schemas-docs
  sg:
    - path/to/stylelguide/docs
extensions:
  data: .docs.json
  schemas: .json
  templates: .twig
  docs: .docs.md
  sg: .sg.md
categories:
    - Pattern
    - Sub Pattern
    - Layout
    - Component
    - Atom
body_attr:
  - unresolved
  - class:
    - foo
    - bar
assets:
  css:
    - path/to/css
    - path/to/othercss
  js:
    - path/to/js
    - path/to/otherjs
  footer_js:
    - path/to/footer_js
    - path/to/otherfooter_js
    - //localhost:1336/livereload.js

In your terminal,

$ cd [pattern library root]
$ composer install

Use Pattern Kit

Point MAMP or local PHP server at your index.php file

php -S 0:9001 -t ./