Near Extreme Program app

Getting Started

1. Install Tool Dependencies

• Install Node.js on your machine ( version? )
• Install Grunt on your machine
• Install Ruby on your machine
• Install Sass
  • Note: Certificate issue - Use "gem install sass --source http://rubygems.org"
• Install Bower on your machine
• Install MongoDB on your machine
  • Note: Set up MongoDB environment
    • Create a Folder on "C:\data\db" to hold the db files (or set your dbpaths)
    • Launch your DB process, i.e. Windows: "C:\Program Files\MongoDB\Server\3.2\bin\mongod.exe"

2. Download Code Dependencies

   • Run npm install on the root folder
   • Run bower install on the root folder

3. Set your configurations

   • Add a config.js to your root folder
   • Copy the following into the file and edit accordingly:

 module.exports = function(){
    process.env.MONGODB_CONNECTION_STRING = 'mongodb://localhost:27017/app_test';
    process.env.IP_ADDRESS = '127.0.0.1';
    process.env.PORT_NUMBER = 3000;

    process.env.APP_SECRET = 'Secret';
 }();

4. Launch your HTTP server

• Run grunt on the root folder

5. Access the app on a HTTP server

• Launch a browser and navigate to the ip and port you specified i.e. "127.0.0.1:3000"