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Recommended IDE Setup

VSCode + Volar (and disable Vetur) + TypeScript Vue Plugin (Volar).

Type Support for .vue Imports in TS

TypeScript cannot handle type information for .vue imports by default, so we replace the tsc CLI with vue-tsc for type checking. In editors, we need TypeScript Vue Plugin (Volar) to make the TypeScript language service aware of .vue types.

If the standalone TypeScript plugin doesn't feel fast enough to you, Volar has also implemented a Take Over Mode that is more performant. You can enable it by the following steps:

1. Disable the built-in TypeScript Extension
   1. Run Extensions: Show Built-in Extensions from VSCode's command palette
   2. Find TypeScript and JavaScript Language Features, right click and select Disable (Workspace)
2. Reload the VSCode window by running Developer: Reload Window from the command palette.

Customize configuration

See Vite Configuration Reference.

Project Setup

npm install

Compile and Hot-Reload for Development

npm run dev

Real AI Chat Setup

The portfolio chat uses a Netlify Function so the OpenAI API key stays on the server.

1. Copy .env.example to .env in Netlify or add the same variables in the Netlify dashboard.
2. Set OPENAI_API_KEY.
3. Optionally set OPENAI_MODEL if you want something other than gpt-5-mini.
4. Deploy on Netlify so /api/portfolio-chat resolves to netlify/functions/portfolio-chat.js.

For local testing of the real chat flow, run the site through Netlify Dev rather than plain Vite so the function route is available.

Type-Check, Compile and Minify for Production

npm run build