SPA Template AI Kickstarter - Documentation

Welcome to the documentation for the AI Kickstarter SPA Template!

This template is designed to provide a solid foundation for building Single Page Applications (SPAs) using modern web technologies, with a strong focus on facilitating collaboration with AI coding assistants like Cursor.

Core Technologies

• Framework: React 19
• Build Tool: Vite
• Language: TypeScript
• Styling: TailwindCSS v4 + CSS Variables
• UI Components: Shadcn UI (using components.json)
• Routing: React Router v7+
• Internationalization (i18n): react-i18next
• Linting: ESLint
• Formatting: Prettier

Purpose

The goal of this template is to:

1. Accelerate Project Setup: Provide a pre-configured, production-ready setup.
2. Promote Best Practices: Encourage modern development patterns.
3. Enhance AI Collaboration: Offer clear structure and guidelines (.cursorrules, documentation) to help AI understand the project and generate consistent, high-quality code.
4. Maintain Consistency: Ensure code uniformity through integrated linting and formatting.

Getting Started

1. Clone/Use Template: Obtain the template files.
2. Install Dependencies: Run npm install.
3. Run Development Server: Run npm run dev.
4. Explore: Check the src/ directory for the main application code and docs/ for more detailed documentation.

Key Documentation

• docs/AI_COLLABORATION.md: Essential guidelines for working effectively with Cursor in this project.
• docs/FOLDER_STRUCTURE.md: Explanation of the project's directory layout.
• .cursorrules: Configuration file providing direct instructions to the Cursor AI.

We hope this template helps you build amazing applications faster, with seamless AI integration!