How to Set Up and Use Material Dashboard Lite

Welcome to the world of Material Dashboard Lite, the first dark dashboard built on Material Design Lite! It’s a fun and visually appealing way to create interactive and responsive web applications without the hassle of complex JavaScript frameworks. In this article, we’ll walk you through the steps to set everything up and troubleshoot any potential issues you might encounter along the way.

Why Choose Material Dashboard Lite?

This admin template is not only free for commercial use but also leverages Google’s Material Design principles, ensuring a sleek and modern look for your applications. Built with CSS (SCSS), JavaScript (ES6), and HTML5, the dashboard is optimized for cross-device usage and user experience.

Setup and Usage

Here’s how to get started with Material Dashboard Lite:

• Fork or Clone the Repository: Use the command line to clone the repository. If you need help with Git, refer to the Setting up Git and Fork a repo articles.

git clone https://github.com/CreativeIT/material-dashboard-lite.git

• Install npm Components: Navigate to your cloned repo folder and install the npm packages.

cd material-dashboard-lite
npm install

• Install Bower Components: Install package components from Bower to complete the setup.

bower install

• Build the Project: Use Gulp to build your project.

gulp build

• Serve the Project: After building, you can view the project using the following command.

gulp serve

Features of Material Dashboard Lite

• Utilizes Material Design via Material Design Lite.
• Supports Ecmascript 6 with Babel.
• Responsive and user experience-focused dark design.
• Easy customization with Sass.
• Gulp for build processes.
• Charts rendered with D3 and NVD3.

Customizing Your Dashboard

The project employs the BEM structure with Sass, making it easy to customize. Modify the src/variables.scss file, and run gulp build again to see your changes take effect. For continuous updates as you modify files, use gulp watch to run default commands automatically.

Troubleshooting

If you encounter issues, check the following:

• Ensure that you have the latest versions of Node.js and npm installed.
• Verify that all dependencies are installed correctly. Run npm install and bower install again if necessary.
• If your styles aren’t applying, double-check your modifications in variables.scss and rebuild using gulp.

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