Installing the generator¶

Dependencies¶

Make sure you have the latest version of node installed on your machine as well as the yarn package manager.

NPM¶

Install the package’s dependencies globally.

$ npm install -g gulp-cli yo generator-politico-interactives

To use the Google Spreadsheet integration, you will need gdrive and its authentication setup.

$ brew install gdrive

$ gdrive list

Symlink¶

Alternatively, you can clone a copy of the generator’s git repository and use a symlink to install the package. This is especially useful if you’ll be developing templates within the generator.

$ git clone git@github.com:The-Politico/generator-politico-interactives.git

$ cd generator-politico-interactives

$ npm link

Note

To update a symlinked package, just git pull the latest changes in the symlinked directory.