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+This repository contains SVR.JS source code and its build system.
+
+Before doing anything, run "npm install".
+To build SVR.JS along with the zip archive, run "npm run build".
+To check SVR.JS code for errors with ESLint, run "npm run lint".
+To fix and beautify SVR.JS code with ESLint and Prettier, run "npm run lint:fix".
+To run SVR.JS from the "dist" folder, run "npm start".
+To test SVR.JS itself, run "npm run dev". This removes existing configuration.
+To perform unit tests with Jest, run "npm test".
+
+Structure:
+ - assets - files to copy into dist folder and to the archive
+ - dist - contains SVR.JS, assets, and SVR.JS utiltiies
+ - generatedAssets - assets generated by the build script
+ - out - contains SVR.JS zip archive
+ - src - contains SVR.JS source code
+   - index.js - entry point
+   - handlers - handlers for servers
+   - middleware - built-in middleware for servers
+   - res - resources
+   - utils - utility functions
+ - templates - EJS templates for build script to use
+ - tests - Jest unit tests
+   - utils - unit tests for utility functions
+ - utils - SVR.JS utilities (each utility has a single file)
+ - esbuild.config.js - the build script
+ - eslint.config.js - ESLint configuration
+ - jest.config.js - Jest configuration
+ - svrjs.json - SVR.JS version, name, documentation URL, and statistics server collection endpoint URL
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