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Development Intro

Welcome to the JUMP Documentation system.

If you wish to add to the Documentation system. Please see the guide on Working on Documentation

REMEMBER

Do not add any sensitive information to the documentation system such as API keys, recovery codes etc. That stuff belongs within LastPass or Teams.

About JUMPs Development Process​

Backend​

At JUMP we develop in PHP 7.1 - 8.0 and primarily use OctoberCMS (Version 3.4 as of October 2023).

OctoberCMS is build upon the Laravel Framework and most of our legacy, pre-OctoberCMS sites are built in either just Laravel, or Sleeping Owl (in turn built upon Laravel).

Websites built with October 1.0 use Laravel Framework 5.5.

Websites built with October 1.1 use Laravel Framework 6.

Websites built with October 3 will use Laravel Framework 9-10.

tip

Long story short: If you know your Laravel, you'll be fine

Frontend​

Most standard OctoberCMS websites use a combination of vanilla Javascript and the OctoberCMS Ajax Framework.

When sites need a more robust feature, Vue JS is used (Version 3 for most modern sites).

tip

Long story short: If you know your Javascript and Vue, you'll be fine

Deployment​

Currently, websites are deployed using Github Actions, after migrating from Semaphore Classic.

This is responsible for building the Docker Image for that specific version of the website, securely copying it to the Lightsail Server and running docker-compose up.

It also creates a backup of the old docker-compose.prod.yml file - ensuring true green-blue deployment (joking).

Infrastructure​

All websites are served with PHP-FPM and using NGINX.

All websites that JUMP host are within Amazon Web Services and are made up of the following:

  • AWS Lightsail - Hosting the application (via Docker and Docker Compose)
  • AWS Lightsail Database Server - Shared Database Server within Lightsail. (Some sites have their own Database Server)
  • AWS S3 - Asset Storage for all uploads and images
  • AWS CloudFront - CDN for caching static content. SSLs are attached and terminated here.
  • AWS Certificate Manager - For Importing and Generating SSL certificates
  • AWS CloudFomation - Orchestrates the above services