Instructions for installing, compiling and deploying this Prototype Data Entry Web App
- Mac OS X
- Linux
- easy to port to other systems
- HTML5 complaint
- tested on Google Chrome
Download and install these libraries before proceeding
- Git http://git-scm.com/downloads
- Python 2.7 http://www.python.org/download/releases/2.7/
- MongoDB 2.x http://www.mongodb.org/downloads
- MongoDB SQL cheat-sheet http://docs.mongodb.org/manual/reference/sql-comparison/
- NodeJS NPM http://nodejs.org/download/
# check out project from github into a new 'proforma' directory (project root)
$ git clone https://github.com/hrovira/proforma.gitThese commands should be executed from within project root
# installs brunch build system for developers
$ [sudo] npm install -g brunch
# creates node_modules directory containing downloaded dependencies (don't check-in)
$ npm install
# creates _public directory (don't check-in)
# web app is compiled into single-page static HTML website with minified JavaScript
# serve as static content from your web server, or use tornado as static content handler
$ brunch build -c brunch.coffee # start MongoDB storage and lookup databases
$ mongod --dbpath /local/path/to/mongoDB/ --port 3032These commands should be executed from within project root
# start tornado to provide web services and authentication
# tornado.config (see below) specifies properties used by Python web services
$ python websvcs/tornadoapp.py --config_file=/local/path/to/tornado.config
# contents of tornado.config
port=8000
mongo_uri="mongodb://localhost:3032"Upon successful launch, the web application will be accessible at http://localhost:8000
These commands should be executed from within project root
# this process monitors changes in your web application and auto-compiles into _public
$ brunch w -c brunch.coffee