Updates to configuration documentation

README.md

@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@ It is built using:
 
 It is configured for Wepback's hot module reloading, so as things change they should automatically appear in your browser.
 
+# Before You Start
+You will need to add const files in config for each environment you want to use; these are not tracked in git. See cfg.constExample.js for more details. Const files follow the naming convention $env.const.js (localhost.const.js is the const file loaded by localhost.js, for example)
+
 # To start
 + Have Node.js installed (the latest LTS release is preferred)
 + Create a localhost.const.js file inside the cfg folder. Use the example.const.js file as a template.

cfg/constExample.js

@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+let defaultConstants = require('./defaultConstants')
+
+//Override base constants or add additional constants for this environment
+
+module.exports = Object.assign({}, defaultConstants, {
+    baseUrl: JSON.stringify("http://localhost:60000/"), //Host on a different port
+    retries: 4 //retry failed requests more times before giving up
+})
+
+/* Copy this to a new file to create const file that just uses default constants
+
+let defaultConstants = require('./defaultConstants')
+
+module.exports = Object.assign({}, defaultConstants)
+
+*/

cfg/defaultConstants.js

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+module.exports = {
+    baseUrl: JSON.stringify("http://localhost:50000/"),
+    authRedirectUri: JSON.stringify("http://localhost:3000"),
+    retries: 2,
+    retryExponentialBackoffFactor: 2,
+    retryMinTimeoutInMiliseconds: 50,
+    retryMaxTimeoutInMiliseconds: 1500,
+    ticketRefreshIntervalInSeconds: 300,
+    aadTenant: "'Your Azure Active Directory tenant here'", //Yes, use both single and double quotes.
+    clientId: "'Your EventUI Azure Active Directory app registration client ID here'"
+}