Levan Jintcharadze - Portfolio

A modern, responsive portfolio website built with React, Vite, and Tailwind CSS.

🚀 Features

• Clean, minimal design
• Responsive layout
• Modern tech stack (React 19, Vite, Tailwind CSS)
• Automated deployment to GitHub Pages
• Contact form with SendGrid email integration

📦 Getting Started

Prerequisites

• Node.js 20 or higher
• npm
• SendGrid API key (for contact form)

Installation

# Install dependencies
npm install

# Run development server
npm run dev

# Build for production
npm run build

# Preview production build
npm run preview

Email Configuration

The contact form uses SendGrid to send emails. To enable this feature:

1. Create a SendGrid account at https://sendgrid.com

2. Generate an API key in SendGrid:

   • Go to Settings → API Keys
   • Click "Create API Key"
   • Give it a name and select "Full Access" or "Mail Send" permissions
   • Copy the generated API key

3. Verify a sender email in SendGrid:

   • Go to Settings → Sender Authentication
   • Verify a single sender email address
   • This will be used as the "from" address for emails

4. Set up environment variables in Vercel or your deployment platform:

   • SENDGRID_API_KEY - Your SendGrid API key
   • SENDGRID_FROM_EMAIL - Your verified sender email
   • CONTACT_EMAIL - Email address where you want to receive messages (defaults to levanijincharadze@outlook.com)

   For local development, create a .env file in the root directory:

   SENDGRID_API_KEY=your_sendgrid_api_key_here
   SENDGRID_FROM_EMAIL=your_verified_sender_email@example.com
   CONTACT_EMAIL=levanijincharadze@outlook.com
   

5. Deploy to Vercel (recommended for serverless functions):

   • Connect your GitHub repository to Vercel
   • Add the environment variables in Vercel project settings
   • Deploy

🌐 Deployment

This site is configured for automatic deployment to GitHub Pages. See DEPLOYMENT.md for detailed setup instructions.

Quick Setup:

1. Go to Settings → Pages in your GitHub repository
2. Set Source to GitHub Actions
3. Push to the main branch to trigger deployment

Note: For the contact form to work, you'll need to deploy to a platform that supports serverless functions like Vercel, as GitHub Pages doesn't support backend functionality.

📄 License

The Spark Template files and resources from GitHub are licensed under the terms of the MIT license, Copyright GitHub, Inc.