Mandir

Frontend for ISKCON Montreal temple management — donations, expenses, members, tax receipts. Talks to Goloka backend.

Stack

Jekyll 4.3 static site, Sprae reactivity, vanilla ES modules. No bundler, no build step.

Setup

Prerequisites: Ruby, Bundler, Node.js.

bundle install
npm install

Dev server

npm start          # http://localhost:4000  (HTTP, live reload)
npm run start:https # https://localhost:4000 (HTTPS, optional)

Local backend

Point to a local Goloka instance via browser console:

localStorage.setItem('mandir_api', 'http://localhost:8080')

Revert to production:

localStorage.removeItem('mandir_api')

Tests

Playwright, Chromium. Requires dev server running (npm start).

npm test        # headless
npm run test:ui # interactive UI

Deploy

GitHub Pages builds and serves the site automatically on push to main.

git push origin main

Live at https://iskconmontreal.github.io/mandir. Backend API at https://api.iskconmontreal.ca (CORS + Bearer token).

HTTPS mode (optional)

For local HTTPS testing:

mkdir -p .ssl
openssl req -x509 -newkey rsa:2048 -keyout .ssl/key.pem -out .ssl/cert.pem -days 365 -nodes -subj '/CN=localhost'
npm run start:https

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