Start a rewrite of the web interface

.gitignore

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-bin/
-html/
-include/
-latex/
-lib/
-script/*.php
-test.html
+dist/
+node_modules/
 

README.md

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 # CartoCrow web frontend
 
-This repository contains the PHP web frontend of [CartoCrow](https://github.com/tue-alga/cartocrow), a framework for algorithms in cartographic visualization.
+This repository contains the web frontend of [CartoCrow](https://github.com/tue-alga/cartocrow), a framework for algorithms in cartographic visualization.
 
-> :warning: CartoCrow is still a **work in progress**  and should not be considered stable yet. In particular, the web frontend currently does not work with the newest version of CartoCrow. This will be fixed in the near future.
+> :warning: CartoCrow is still a **work in progress**  and should not be considered stable yet.
 
 ![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/7533280/122963785-e3736100-d386-11eb-9d9f-8190184919ea.png)
 
 
 ## Usage
 
-After cloning this repository, clone and compile [CartoCrow](https://github.com/tue-alga/cartocrow) following the instructions in the README. In particular, set `CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX` to the directory of `cartocrow-web`.
+After cloning this repository, run `npm run install` to install the dependencies, and then run `npm run build` to build the project into the `dist` folder. (There is also `npm run build-production` to make an optimized build, `npm run watch` to watch for changes, and `npm run dev-server` to run a development server that automatically refreshes the page once something changes.)
 
-Then run `serve.sh` to start a PHP server running the website on `http://localhost:8000`.
+Use `node server/server.js` to start the server, and look at the result by pointing your browser of choice to `http://localhost:3000`.
 
 
 ## License
 
-Copyright (c) 2019-2021 Netherlands eScience Center and TU Eindhoven. Licensed under the Apache License, version 2.0. See LICENSE for details.
+Copyright (c) 2019-2025 Netherlands eScience Center and TU Eindhoven. Licensed under the GPLv3.0 license. See LICENSE for details.