A couple additions to help newbies out (#104)

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- `functions/`: Firebase cloud functions, for secure work (e.g. balances, Stripe payments, emails). Also contains in
`functions/src/scripts/` some Typescript scripts that do ad hoc CLI interaction with Firebase.
- `common/`: Typescript library code shared between `web/` & `functions/`. Also contains in `common/envs` configuration for
the different environments (i.e. prod, dev, Manifold for Teams instances.)
- `common/`: Typescript library code shared between `web/` & `functions/`. If you want to look at how the market math
works, most of that's in here (it gets called from the `placeBet` and `sellBet` endpoints in `functions/`.) Also
contains in `common/envs` configuration for the different environments (i.e. prod, dev, Manifold for Teams instances.)
- `og-image/`: The OpenGraph image generator; creates the preview images shown on Twitter/social media.
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## Contributing
Since we are just now open-sourcing things, we will see how things go. Feel free to open issues, submit PRs, and chat about the process on Discord. We would prefer [small PRs][small-prs] that we can effectively evaluate and review -- maybe check in with us first if you are thinking to work on a big change.
Since we are just now open-sourcing things, we will see how things go. Feel free to open issues, submit PRs, and chat about the process on [Discord][discord]. We would prefer [small PRs][small-prs] that we can effectively evaluate and review -- maybe check in with us first if you are thinking to work on a big change.
If you need additional access to any infrastructure in order to work on something (e.g. Vercel, Firebase) let us know about that on Discord as well.
[vercel]: https://vercel.com/
[jamstack]: https://jamstack.org/
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[cloud-firestore]: https://firebase.google.com/docs/firestore
[cloud-functions]: https://firebase.google.com/docs/functions
[small-prs]: https://google.github.io/eng-practices/review/developer/small-cls.html
[discord]: https://discord.gg/eHQBNBqXuh

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## Getting started
To run the development server, install [Yarn][yarn], and then in this directory:
To run the development server, install [Yarn 1.x][yarn], and then in this directory:
1. `yarn` to install all dependencies
2. `yarn dev:dev` starts a development web server, pointing at the development database
3. Your site will be available on http://localhost:3000
Check package.json for other command-line tasks. (e.g. `yarn dev` will point the development server at the prod database. `yarn emulate` will run against a local emulated database, if you are serving it via `yarn serve` from the [`functions/` package][functions-readme].)
Check package.json for other command-line tasks. (e.g. `yarn dev` will point the development server at the prod
database. `yarn emulate` will run against a local emulated database, if you are serving it via `yarn serve` from the
[`functions/` package][functions-readme].)
## Tech stack
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Parts of the file structure that directly map to HTTP endpoints are organized specially per Next.js's prescriptions:
### /public
### public/
These are static files that will be [served by Next verbatim][next-static-files].
### /pages
### pages/
These are components that [Next's router][next-pages] is aware of and interprets as page roots per their filename,
e.g. the React component in pages/portfolio.tsx is rendered on the user portfolio page at /portfolio.
e.g. the React component in pages/portfolio.tsx is rendered on the user portfolio page at /portfolio. You should
look in here or in `components/` to find any specific piece of UI you are interested in working on.
### /pages/api
### pages/api/
Modules under this route are specially interpreted by Next/Vercel as [functions that will be hosted by
Vercel][vercel-functions]. This is where the public Manifold HTTP API lives.
@ -52,7 +55,7 @@ integration][prettier-integrations] to format it in your editor.
[nextjs]: https://nextjs.org
[vercel]: https://vercel.com
[tailwind]: https://tailwindcss.com
[yarn]: https://yarnpkg.com
[yarn]: https://classic.yarnpkg.com/lang/en/docs/install/
[prettier]: https://prettier.io
[prettier-integrations]: https://prettier.io/docs/en/editors.html
[next-static-files]: https://nextjs.org/docs/basic-features/static-file-serving