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+# nmdc-webfrontend
+
 A web interface to an NMDC/ADC hub.
 
 Chat in real-time on your NMDC/ADC hub using a web browser. This project forks and deprecates my earlier `dcwebui2` project since Go seems to use less memory than node.
 
-Written in Golang
+This project supercedes [dcwebui](https://code.ivysaur.me/dcwebui/), [flexdc](https://code.ivysaur.me/flexdc/), and [dcwebui2](https://code.ivysaur.me/dcwebui2/).
 
-Tags: nmdc
+## Upgrading from `dcwebui2`
 
-This project supercedes [entry=dcwebui]dcwebui[/entry], [entry=flexdc]flexdc[/entry], and [entry=dcwebui2]dcwebui2[/entry].
+- The configuration file content is identical between `nmdc-webfrontend` 1.0.0 and `dcwebui2` 1.3.0, but please now ensure it's valid JSON instead of arbitrary javascript. This means no assignment, use double-quoted strings, and no comments.
+- Future changes to the configuration file since `nmdc-webfrontend` 1.0.0 are backward compatible (see the changelog for more details).
 
-=UPGRADING FROM DCWEBUI2=
+## Developing
 
-- The configuration file content is identical between nmdc-webfrontend 1.0.0 and dcwebui2 1.3.0, but please now ensure it's valid JSON instead of arbitrary javascript. This means no assignment, use double-quoted strings, and no comments.
-- Future changes to the configuration file since nmdc-webfrontend 1.0.0 are backward compatible (see the changelog for more details).
-
-=DEVELOPING=
-
-[go-get]code.ivysaur.me/nmdc-webfrontend git https://git.ivysaur.me/code.ivysaur.me/nmdc-webfrontend.git[/go-get]
-
-1. Install Go, Node.js, NPM, and 7-Zip (`p7zip-full` on Debian)
-2. Set up your `$GOPATH`
-3. Download the source code
+1. Install Go (>= 1.11), Node.js, NPM, and 7-Zip (`p7zip-full` on Debian)
+2. Download the source code
     - `git clone https://git.ivysaur.me/code.ivysaur.me/nmdc-webfrontend.git `; or
     - `go get code.ivysaur.me/nmdc-webfrontend` ; or
     - download and extract a source archive
-4. Install dependencies: `sudo make deps`
-5. Build: `make`
-6. Optional: Set `web.external_webroot: true` in the config file for unminified development
+3. Install dependencies: `sudo make deps`
+4. Build: `make`
+5. Optional: Set `web.external_webroot: true` in the config file for unminified development
 
-=CHANGELOG=
+## Changelog
 
 2017-11-26 1.3.0
 - Update libnmdc to 0.16 (adds ADC hub support)