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title: "Quick Start"
description: "One page summary of how to start a new Doks project."
lead: "One page summary of how to start a new Doks project."
date: 2020-11-16T13:59:39+01:00
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## Flow

{{< mermaid class="bg-light text-center">}}
graph TD
  A[Hard] -->|Text| B(Round)
  B --> C{Decision}
  C -->|One| D[Result 1]
  C -->|Two| E[Result 2]
{{< /mermaid >}}

## Sequence

{{< mermaid >}}
sequenceDiagram
  Alice->>John: Hello John, how are you?
  loop Healthcheck
      John->>John: Fight against hypochondria
  end
  Note right of John: Rational thoughts!
  John-->>Alice: Great!
  John->>Bob: How about you?
  Bob-->>John: Jolly good!
{{< /mermaid >}}

## Gantt

{{< mermaid >}}
gantt
  section Section
  Completed :done,    des1, 2014-01-06,2014-01-08
  Active        :active,  des2, 2014-01-07, 3d
  Parallel 1   :         des3, after des1, 1d
  Parallel 2   :         des4, after des1, 1d
  Parallel 3   :         des5, after des3, 1d
  Parallel 4   :         des6, after des4, 1d
{{< /mermaid >}}

## Class

{{< mermaid >}}
classDiagram
  classA --|> classB : Inheritance
  classC --* classD : Composition
  classE --o classF : Aggregation
  classG --> classH : Association
  classI -- classJ : Link(Solid)
  classK ..> classL : Dependency
  classM ..|> classN : Realization
  classO .. classP : Link(Dashed)
{{< /mermaid >}}

## State

{{< mermaid >}}
stateDiagram-v2
  [*] --> Still
  Still --> [*]
  Still --> Moving
  Moving --> Still
  Moving --> Crash
  Crash --> [*]
{{< /mermaid >}}

## Pie

{{< mermaid >}}
pie
  title Key elements in Product X
  "Calcium" : 42.96
  "Potassium" : 50.05
  "Magnesium" : 10.01
  "Iron" :  5
{{< /mermaid >}}

## User Journey

{{< mermaid >}}
journey
  title My working day
  section Go to work
    Make tea: 5: Me
    Go upstairs: 3: Me
    Do work: 1: Me, Cat
  section Go home
    Go downstairs: 5: Me
    Sit down: 3: Me
{{< /mermaid >}}

## Requirements

Doks uses npm to centralize dependency management, making it [easy to update]({{< relref "how-to-update" >}}) resources, build tooling, plugins, and build scripts:

- Download and install [Node.js](https://nodejs.org/) (it includes npm) for your platform.

## Start a new Doks project

Create a new site, change directories, install dependencies, and start development server.

### Create a new site

Doks is available as a child theme, and a starter theme:

- Use the Doks child theme, if you do __not__ plan to customize a lot, and/or need future Doks updates.
- Use the Doks starter theme, if you plan to customize a lot, and/or do __not__ need future Doks updates.

Not quite sure? Use the Doks child theme.

#### Doks child theme

```bash
git clone https://github.com/h-enk/doks-child-theme.git my-doks-site
```

#### Doks starter theme

```bash
git clone https://github.com/h-enk/doks.git my-doks-site
```

### Change directories

```bash
cd my-doks-site
```

### Install dependencies

```bash
npm install
```

### Start development server

```bash
npm run start
```

Doks will start the Hugo development webserver accessible by default at `http://localhost:1313`. Saved changes will live reload in the browser.

## Other commands

Doks comes with commands for common tasks. [Commands →]({{< relref "commands" >}})