GDSC Website

Google Developer Student Clubs (GDSC) is a student-led community backed by Google Developers aimed at empowering undergraduate students from all disciplines to grow their knowledge in technology, build solutions for their local communities, and connect with other members from the Google community.

About The Project

This is the official website for the University of Toronto Mississauga Google Developer Student Club (UTM GDSC). The frontend is built with Next.js App Router with Material UI installed.

Except where otherwise noted, the is project is licensed under the LGPL 3.0 or later license. See the License and Attribution section for more information.

Getting Started

Install dependencies:

> npm install

Initialize the pre-commit hook:

Warning

Husky will error if you are using GitHub Desktop on Windows. You will need to add cygpath.exe to the bundled version of Git that GitHub Desktop uses. You can obtain it by downloading cygwin-[...].tar.xz from a Cygwin releases mirror, extracting it, and copying usr/bin/cygpath.exe to the resources/app/git/usr/bin folder in GitHub desktop.

> npx husky install

Start the app!

> npm run dev

Open http://localhost:3000 with your browser to see the result.

Project Core Philosophy

The project core philosophy is a set of guidelines that should be followed when making changes to the project. These guidelines are not strict rules, but rather a set of principles that should be followed when making changes to the project. The project core philosophy is as follows:

1. Make it future-proof

This website should be easy to understand and maintain. Furthermore, it should not require maintenance beyond adding new workshops. When such changes are required, such as adding workshops or updating the team list, they should be as simple as possible, and well documented. Furthermore, new content that has an expiration date (for example, the team list) should be automatically removed from the website when the expiration date has passed. This ensures that the website never shows outdated information.

2. Keep it accessible

The project should be accessible to everyone. This means that WCAG 2.0 AA standards should be followed as closely as possible.

3. Keep sensitive information private

For the privacy of our members, any information not licensed under the LGPL 3.0 or later license should be kept private. This includes the face and likenesses of our members and team.

Maintenance

Adding Google Tag Manager (GTM) ID

To add the GTM ID, create a .env.local file or set the NEXT_PUBLIC_GTM_ID environment variable to the GTM ID.

For example, if the GTM ID is GTM-XXXXXXX, then the .env.local file should contain the following:

NEXT_PUBLIC_GTM_ID=GTM-XXXXXXX

Updating the Navbar

When creating new pages, the navbar must be updated to include the new page if desired. As of commit a414b04, the navbar is generated from a JS object and contains an array of paths and their corresponding labels. To update the navbar, edit NavbarTabData.js and read the comments for instructions.

Adding a new Workshop

Workshop information and slides are stored in the workshop repository, and are automatically fetched by the website. Please refer to the documentation linked there for adding a new workshop.

Updating the Team List

Note

You must have push access to the private images repo to update the team list on production. Otherwise, you may use your own by setting the PROPRIETARY_IMAGES_HOSTNAME environment variable to your own server.

1. Navigate to the private team list image repository and remove all images from the team folder.
2. Add the new team member images to the team folder.
3. Open your favourite text editor and navigate to the team.json file in the proprietary image repository.
4. Follow the schema to replace the file with the new team members to the JSON file.
   • Note that the image field is the name of the image file in the private team list image repository, under the team folder.
   • Each key in the JSON object is the name of the team, which can be changed. The value is an array of team members.
5. Don't forget to update the component expiration date on the ExpiryContainer component in src/app/page.jsx to reflect the new team. Otherwise, the team list might not appear on the website.
   • After the expiration date has passed, the team list will be removed from the website. This ensures the team list never shows outdated information.
6. Commit and push the changes to the develop branch, then open a PR and merge! ^-^

Updating the FAQ on the Resources page

1. Open your favourite text editor and navigate to the src/data/faq.json file.
2. Follow the schema to update the categories and/or the questions and answers within them.
3. Commit and push the changes to the develop branch, then open a PR and merge! 😋

Learn More

To learn more about Next.js, take a look at the following resources:

• Next.js Documentation - learn about Next.js features and API.
• Learn Next.js - an interactive Next.js tutorial.
• Customizing Material UI - approaches to customizing Material UI.

You can check out the Next.js GitHub repository - your feedback and contributions are welcome!

License and Attribution

Except where otherwise noted, the is project is licensed under the LGPL 3.0 or later license. In addition, if you decide to use this project for your own GDSC chapter, please attribute us by linking to our website (https://gdscutm.com) in your footer! It would also be nice if you could let us know by contacting us so we can see what you've done with it! 😄

Contact

You can contact us via Discord or by GitHub Issues