One Sky IT's Aether App - SvelteKit v2

This uses SvelteKit version 2.x with Svelte version 5.x, DexieJS 4.x, TailwindCSS 4.1, and Skeleton.

Modules

Core (/core/)

Admin-only views for foundational Aether objects. Minimal UI — primarily used for data management.

• Accounts (/core/accounts/, /core/accounts/[account_id]/)
• Activity Logs (/core/activity_logs/)
• Addresses (/core/addresses/, /core/addresses/[address_id]/)
• Contacts (/core/contacts/, /core/contacts/[contact_id]/)
• Lookups (/core/lookups/) — Countries, subdivisions, time zones
• People (/core/people/, /core/people/[person_id]/)
• Sites (/core/sites/, /core/sites/[site_id]/)
• Users (/core/users/, /core/users/[user_id]/)

Events (/events/)

The primary client-facing module for conference and event management.

Event List (/events/)

Event Detail (/events/[event_id]/)

Each event has four sub-modules, each in its own SvelteKit route group:

Presentation Management (/(pres_mgmt)/)

Manages the full conference program.

• /events/[event_id]/pres_mgmt/ — Dashboard
• /events/[event_id]/locations/ — Location list
• /events/[event_id]/location/[event_location_id]/ — Location detail
• /events/[event_id]/presenter/[presenter_id]/ — Presenter detail
• /events/[event_id]/session/[session_id]/ — Session detail
• /events/[event_id]/reports/ — Presenter, session, and file reports

Launcher (/(launcher)/)

Kiosk display system; runs on-site to show session schedules and presenter info.

• /events/[event_id]/launcher/ — Launcher home
• /events/[event_id]/launcher/[event_location_id]/ — Location-specific display

Badges (/(badges)/)

Badge printing and management for event attendees.

• /events/[event_id]/badges/ — Badge list
• /events/[event_id]/badges/[badge_id]/ — Badge detail
• /events/[event_id]/badges/[badge_id]/print — Print a single badge
• /events/[event_id]/badges/[badge_id]/review — Review before printing
• /events/[event_id]/badges/print_list/ — Bulk print queue
• /events/[event_id]/badges/stats/ — Badge statistics
• /events/[event_id]/templates/ — Badge template management

Leads (/(leads)/)

Exhibitor lead capture via QR scan or manual entry.

• /events/[event_id]/leads/ — Exhibit list
• /events/[event_id]/leads/exhibit/[exhibit_id]/ — Exhibit detail and lead capture
• /events/[event_id]/leads/exhibit/[exhibit_id]/lead/[exhibit_tracking_id]/ — Lead detail

Event Settings (/settings/)

• /events/[event_id]/settings/ — Event configuration (basic info, pres mgmt, badges, abstracts)

Journals (/journals/)

The "frontier" module — most fully-featured and used as the canonical implementation reference.

• /journals/ — Journal list
• /journals/[journal_id]/ — Journal detail and entry list
• /journals/[journal_id]/entry/[journal_entry_id]/ — Journal entry detail and editor

IDAA (/idaa/)

Custom module for the IDAA client. Built on core Aether objects (Events, Posts, Archives).

• /idaa/ — IDAA home / dashboard

Archives (/idaa/archives/)

• /idaa/archives/ — Archive list with media player
• /idaa/archives/[archive_id]/ — Archive detail and content list

Bulletin Board (/idaa/bb/)

Built on the Posts and Post Comments objects.

• /idaa/bb/ — Post list
• /idaa/bb/[post_id]/ — Post detail and comments

Recovery Meetings (/idaa/recovery_meetings/)

Built on the Events object.

• /idaa/recovery_meetings/ — Meeting list with search/filter
• /idaa/recovery_meetings/[event_id]/ — Meeting detail

Video Conferences (/idaa/video_conferences/)

• /idaa/video_conferences/ — Video conference list (Jitsi integration)
• /idaa/jitsi_reports/ — Jitsi usage reports

Hosted Files (/hosted_files/)

• /hosted_files/ — File list and upload management
• /hosted_files/video_util/ — Video processing utility

Testing (/testing/)

Developer sandbox pages — not for production use.

• /testing/ae_obj_field_editor_v3/ — V3 field editor playground
• /testing/data_store_v3/ — Data store V3 playground
• /testing/editor_test/ — CodeMirror / TipTap editor tests
• /testing/hosted_files/ — File upload tests

How to build and deploy SvelteKit:

The deployment is now fully automated using Docker Compose. The application is built directly from source inside a clean Docker environment, eliminating the need for manual rsync or npm_deploy management.

Commands

Run these commands from the root of the aether_app_sveltekit project:

1. Deploy to Staging (Dev)

This builds and restarts the staging containers (ae_app_node_dev, etc.) on your local workstation.

npm run deploy:staging

2. Deploy to Production

This builds the image using production flags and restarts the production containers.

npm run deploy:prod

Technical Details

• Dockerfile: Uses a multi-stage build. Stage 1 (builder) installs dependencies and builds the app using the BUILD_MODE argument. Stage 2 (runtime) creates the final lightweight image.
• Environment Handling:
  • PUBLIC_ variables are baked into the image during the build step based on .env.staging or .env.prod.
  • Private runtime variables are passed via the env_file in docker-compose.yml.
• Networking: Containers are automatically joined to the ae_dev_net network to allow local Nginx proxying.
• Legacy Migration: The upstream in the local Nginx configuration has been updated to point to these new SvelteKit containers on port 3000.

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Rebuild the node_modules directory and manually install extra Svelte packages

Run the npm update to fix the node_modules directory and package.json

npm list
npm outdated
npm update
npm outdated
npm list

Other installs?: Are both still needed? I know at least one of these is. 2024-07-23

npm install --save-dev svelte-highlight
npm install --save-dev typescript-svelte-plugin

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Set up and run

Packages and dependencies

npm install --save-dev svelte-highlight typescript-svelte-plugin
npm install flowbite flowbite-svelte tailwind-merge @popperjs/core

I am slowly switching from Font-Awesome to Lucide

Tiptap Editor

• Eventually use Edra? https://edra.tsuzat.com/
  • Best Rich Text Editor, made for Svelte Developers with Tiptap
  • ShadEditor is "evolving" to be Edra.
• ShadCN is still stuck on Tailwind 3. Waiting to upgrade to Tailwind 4.x. Tailwind 4.x was released in late January 2025. ShadCN is still being worked on as of late March 2025.
• https://github.com/huntabyte/shadcn-svelte/issues/1643

Need to install ShadCN and Lucide for the Tiptap editor.

npm install shadcn-svelte
npm install lucide-svelte
npm install mode-watcher

Now we initialize the ShadCN and ShadEditor packages. Follow the command line instructions.

npx shadcn-svelte@next init
npx shadcn-svelte@next add dropdown-menu button tooltip input popover separator
npx shadeditor init

More packages related to the Tiptap editor???

npm install @tiptap/extension-link @tiptap/extension-bullet-list @tiptap/extension-history @tiptap/extension-typography @tiptap/extension-underline

Build

Environment file

".env"

This is the default used if others are not found when when "npm run dev" or "npm run build" is run.

".env.local"

This is used when "npm run dev" is run. This is not used in the production build.

".env.production"

This is used when "npm run build" is run. This is not used in the development build.

".env:prod"

This is modified to allow for a staging environment and production environment built.

".env:staging"

This is modified to allow for a staging environment and production environment built.

Example Important Values when running in dev:

Note: Environment values need to be updated when our home IP address changes. Be sure to check the Aether Container Environment and Aether Node App (SvelteKit) Environment files for the correct IP address. The Node Docker environment needs to be updated here and in the .env file that Docker will read. This needs to be improved later...

DOCKER_AE_API_DEV_SERVER_EXTRA_HOST=dev-api.oneskyit.com:108.48.200.147

DOCKER_AE_API_SERVER_EXTRA_HOST=dev-api.oneskyit.com:108.48.200.147

PUBLIC_AE_API_SERVER=api.oneskyit.com
PUBLIC_AE_API_BAK_SERVER=bak-api.oneskyit.com

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Creating a project

If you're seeing this, you've probably already done this step. Congrats!

# create a new project in the current directory
npm create svelte@latest

# create a new project in my-app
npm create svelte@latest my-app

Developing

Once you've created a project and installed dependencies with npm install (or pnpm install or yarn), start a development server:

npm run dev

# or start the server and open the app in a new browser tab
npm run dev -- --open

Building

To create a production version of your app:

npm run build

You can preview the production build with npm run preview.

To deploy your app, you may need to install an adapter for your target environment.