Hi @spsrohan,
Welcome! I’ll try to shed some light on some of your questions, but the ‘Sage 9 beginners questions’ response is still great advice in general. It’s worth tracking changes with GIT and getting the build system set up properly.
Can I add templates to resources/views/** without breaking the build?
Adding *.blade.php files to resources/views won’t break the build process or be overwritten. Blade templates are compiled + cached or retrieved at runtime.
Adding styles or JS to this folder isn’t a good idea though. They won’t be overwritten, but this does break convention, and is the start of a slippery slope towards an unmaintainable mess.
I am not using Laravel or Blade templates as part of this project. Is that a problem?
No problem at all. You can opt in / out of Blade as required. *.blade.php files can be used with plain PHP code.
How would I find the version of Sage being used?
CHANGELOG.md could hint at the version used to seed the project. You could also check composer.json. If composer.json refers to roots/sage-lib as a dependency, you’re running Sage 9.x. If not, it’s likely Sage 10.x.
Is everything listed in package.json required for the testing/build?
Probably, yes.
Generally speaking, running composer install and yarn or npm install should set you up with everything required.
Is using Vite with Sage officially supported?
As far as I know, no. It’s quite possible that your project was started with something like GitHub - 8bit-echo/sage-vite: A WordPress theme based on sage with Vite tooling and HMR Support .
If it looks like it is, I’d highly recommend skimming over that readme, and make use of the build system.
Setting up a compatible dev environment isn’t usually that complex, and most of the tooling is easily installed. If you’re working on a dev server already, you might find all it takes to fire up a great developer experience is to run yarn dev or equivalent.
I might be overstepping the mark here, but I can’t stress enough how beneficial being confident with composer and npm is. You don’t need to learn them in depth, just know enough to operate them.
I hope that’s useful, and apologies if some of it is vague. It’s hard to know exactly what you’re working with.