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Contributing

Tech Stack

• Vendure 3.5 — headless e-commerce backend (NestJS, TypeScript, GraphQL)
• Angular 21 with zoneless change detection and standalone components
• TypeScript 5.9 in strict mode
• Taiga UI v5 component library
• Apollo Angular 13 — GraphQL client for the Vendure Shop API
• Signal-based state management (no external store library)
• SCSS for styling, using Taiga CSS variables for theming

Getting Started

cd site
npm ci                    # Install all workspace dependencies
npm run server:dev        # Start Vendure server (localhost:3000)
npm run web:dev           # Start Angular dev server (localhost:4200)

Vendure dashboard: http://localhost:3000/dashboard (superadmin / superadmin)

Shop GraphQL API: http://localhost:3000/shop-api

Architecture & Patterns

See CLAUDE.md for detailed architecture documentation, project structure, code patterns, and conventions.