JavaScript.com

This is the repo for the JavaScript.com website.

Installing NVM

Install NVM ($ brew install nvm and follow instructions)

nvm install iojs-v1.2.0
nvm use iojs-v1.2.0
npm install -g gulp
npm install

This app authenticates with GitHub, so you'll need to create a GitHub Application and set ENVs for GH_CLIENT_ID and GH_CLIENT_SECRET.

Running

Run the application with $ npm start. You can also set the environment variables at start time. Here's an example:

$ GH_CLIENT_ID=myid GH_CLIENT_SECRET=mysecret DATABASE_URL=pg://localhost:5432/javascriptcom npm start

For debugging all the things, run DEBUG=* npm start.

Database

Whenever you do the initial npm install a db called javascriptcom is created for you. In the event that you need to drop that database and recreate it, don't forget to either run npm install again or createdb javascriptcom

NPM will run new migrations whenever you npm start. In order for it to work, you'll need to set the DATABASE_URL ENV to pg://localhost:5432/javascriptcom. Migrations are already run for you after the initial npm install

To create new migrations see the node-pg-migraton documentation.

After setting your database up run gulp seeds to seed your database.

Development

If you add any runtime dependencies, you must run npm shrinkwrap and commit changes to npm-shrinkwrap.json.

Building Assets

To build assets locally, you'll need to install Bower dependencies and run these Gulp tasks:

$ bower install
$ gulp sass
$ gulp javascript

Remember to re-run these tasks after pulling or changing branches.