From 07d219e487e00674fe2f54541b0965472c2542d4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Paul Schneider <paul@pschneider.fr>
Date: Sun, 14 Jun 2026 14:11:59 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] docs: add npm install + build:js to install procedure

The esbuild bundles under wwwroot/js and wwwroot/css are now
produced by 'npm run build:js'. Document this in INSTALL.md so
new contributors know to run 'npm install' before 'make install'.
---
 INSTALL.md | 11 ++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/INSTALL.md b/INSTALL.md
index 6be2ce74..d7315074 100644
--- a/INSTALL.md
+++ b/INSTALL.md
@@ -1,15 +1,24 @@
 # Install
 
-With internet access, Git, dotnet, and GNU/Makefile, simply follow these instructions, in order to have the server part installed:
+With internet access, Git, dotnet, Node.js, and GNU/Makefile, simply follow these instructions, in order to have the server part installed:
 
 ```bash
 git clone https://github.com/pschneider/yavsc.git
 cd yavsc
 dotnet restore
+npm install          # restore front-end dependencies
+npm run build:js     # build the JS/CSS bundles into wwwroot
 cd contrib
 make install
 ```
 
+The front-end bundles (under `src/Yavsc.Org/wwwroot/js/*.bundle.min.js`
+and `src/Yavsc.Org/wwwroot/css/*.min.css`) are produced by `npm run
+build:js` and committed to the repo, so the runtime .NET stack does
+not need a Node toolchain at publish time. Re-run `npm run build:js`
+after editing any of the entry files under `src/Yavsc.Org/wwwroot/js/`
+or any of the `build/*.entry.js` bundle manifests.
+
 About the mobile app,
 
 ```bash