Local Development

Use these steps to run howden-client locally.

Prerequisites

Node.js v20.x
pnpm 9.x
A running local be-howden API

Setup

Start the backend first.

Follow be-howden/docs/LOCAL_DEVELOPMENT.md and make sure the API is available at:
```
http://localhost:8000
```
Go to the client directory.
```
cd howden-client
```
Install dependencies.
```
pnpm install
```

Create or update the local .env file in the howden-client root.

For local development, point the client to the local backend:


NODE_ENV=development
NEXT_PUBLIC_API_ENDPOINT=http://localhost:8000
NEXT_PUBLIC_RECAPTCHA_SITE_KEY=your-local-site-key
NEXT_PUBLIC_RECAPTCHA_SECRET_KEY=your-local-secret-key
NEXTAUTH_SECRET=your-local-nextauth-secret

Keep any existing valid local values for reCAPTCHA and authentication secrets.

Start the Next.js development server.
```
pnpm dev
```
Open the client in your browser.
```
http://localhost:3000
```

Useful Commands


pnpm dev
pnpm build
pnpm lint
pnpm type-check
pnpm test

Stop Local Development

Stop the client process with Ctrl+C.