Contentful and JavaScript tutorial

The Contentful JavaScript SDK offers a starting point for integrating Contentful with your website. It’s universal, simple to configure, and boasts an easy-to-use API. This means that they’re designed to work with a Node environment and in the web browsers.
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What is JavaScript?
In the web development, HTML and CSS are used to structure and style web pages. JavaScript is the programming language that makes pages interactive on the client-side and server-side — it allows developers to build the front and back ends of a website.
1
Source the code and dependencies

JavaScript is a scripting language that allows you to add interactivity and handle DOM manipulation for your web applications.

Clone the repository.

Install node dependencies.

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2
Set up the content model

This project comes with a Contentful set up command that imports the required content model and adds sample content to your space.

The command requires a Space ID, Content Management API access token, and Content Delivery API access token.

Run the following command to set up the content model.


3
Run the development server

Navigate to localhost:3000 to view the Cookbook app.

4
Push to GitHub

Create a new repository on GitHub, GitLab, or Bitbucket.

Commit the changes and push the code to the new repository.

Replace <REPO URL> with the git repository URL.


5
Create a Heroku account

Create an account on Heroku and install the Heroku CLI.

In the terminal, run the following command to login into your Heroku account:


6
Deploy to Heroku

To deploy to Heroku, click the “Deploy to Heroku” button in the README file or use the Heroku CLI.

If using the Heroku CLI to create a new project, execute the following command from the project directory "Heroku create."

To configure your Contentful Space ID and the Access Token, run the following command:

Once the environment variables are configured successfully, push the code to Heroku to start the deployment.


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