AptiTalk

Setup Windows Environment

VERY IMPORTANT!!! RUN THE COMMAND PROMPT AS ADMINISTRATOR WHEN FOLLOWING THESE STEPS

1. Install Chocolatey - https://chocolatey.org/
2. Install Git using Chocolatey - cinst git
3. Install Windows Credential Store for Git - http://gitcredentialstore.codeplex.com/
4. Clone AptiTalk repo - in command prompt where you want the repo write git clone https://github.com/aptitud/AptiTalk.git

C:\Git>git clone https://github.com/aptitud/AptiTalk.git
Cloning into 'AptiTalk'...
remote: Counting objects: 369, done.
remote: Compressing objects: 100% (232/232), done.
rRemote: Total 369 (delta 206), reused 224 (delta 123)
Receivin204.00 KiB | 177.00 KiB/s
Receiving objects: 100% (369/369), 293.26 KiB | 177.00 KiB/s, done.
Resolving deltas: 100% (206/206), done.
Checking connectivity... done.

5. Install Node using Chocolatey - cinst nodejs
6. Install MongoDB using Chocolatey - cinst mongodb
7. Go to the AptiTalk repo C:\Git>cd AptiTalk
8. In the AptiTalk repo directory - C:\Git\AptiTalk run the following: npm install
9. In the AptiTalk repo directory - C:\Git\AptiTalk run the following: npm install nodemon -g

Setup OS X Environment

PREREQUISITES (perform if necessary):

1. Install Homebrew - http://brew.sh/
2. Install git using Homebrew - brew install git
3. Install Node.js using Homebrew - brew install node
4. Install nodemon globally using NPM - npm install nodemon -g
5. Install MongoDB using Homebrew - brew install mongodb
6. Run MongoDB daemon - mongod --config /usr/local/etc/mongod.conf

APTITALK

1. Clone AptiTalk repo - in Terminal where you want the repo write
   git clone https://github.com/aptitud/AptiTalk.git
2. In the cloned repo directory, install the Node.js modules - npm install

Start AptiTalk (Dev mode)

In the AptiTalk repo directory - C:\Git\AptiTalk run the following: nodemon server.js This will start AptiTalk in dev mode see https://github.com/aptitud/AptiTalk/blob/master/config/index.js for more info

Start AptiTalk (Prod mode)

In the AptiTalk repo directory - C:\Git\AptiTalk run the following: npm start This will start AptiTalk in prod mode see https://github.com/aptitud/AptiTalk/blob/master/config/index.js for more info

Run Tests

In the AptiTalk repo directory - C:\Git\AptiTalk run the following: npm test

Contribute

Please file any issues under issues and use branch/pull request to get new features/fixes into master

Dev settings

We use space instead of tabs as indentation

We use 2 spaces instead of 4

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