Get Ready

• Sign up for github: https://github.com/signup/free
• Install git: http://git-scm.com/download
• Install rvm: https://rvm.io//rvm/install/
• Install ruby rvm install 1.9.3-p194
• Use ruby 1.9.3: rvm use 1.9.3-p194 --default
• Update RubyGems: gem update --system
• Install bundler: gem install bundler

Install

• Check out the source: git clone git://github.com/CauseRoot/challengefinder.git
• Change into src dir: cd challengefinder
• Install required gems: bundle install read this if you receive errors
• If Nokogiri installation fails please read this page the solution is system dependent. Please be sure to install version 1.5.2
• Initialize the database: rake db:drop; rake db:migrate
• Start the rake solr task rake sunspot:solr:start
• Seed the database: rake db:seed
• Run the app: rails server
• Go to http://127.0.0.1:3000

Testing

• Start solr test server: rake sunspot:solr:start RAILS_ENV=test
• Test: rake

Deployment

ChallengeFinder is deployed using Amazon Elastic Beanstalk: https://aws.amazon.com/elasticbeanstalk/faqs/

Reference

• Admin page to enter Challenges: http://localhost:3000/admin/challenges/new