/tutorial-bot

Primary LanguageTypeScript

What is this?

This is a repository created through this tutorial playlist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sF-M7XRw7bc&list=PLsClh15QqVh6StruLDIlyl_aEXA3frmml

What is required to follow along?

  • Basic programming knowledge, either in JavaScript or other language.
  • Git installed
  • Node.js installed
  • A Discord account

How do I use this?

In order to "checkout" the source code for a given video, you will need git installed.

  1. You first need to clone this repository. You may use your favorite git GUI tool or terminal that has access to the git command (git bash is preferred on Windows).

Cloning may look something like this...

cd C:\Users\<your_user>\Documents
git clone https://github.com/BrandonClapp/tutorial-bot
  1. Change to the tutorial-bot directory and checkout the branch you desire.
cd tutorial-bot
git checkout ep4
  1. Install the npm dependenceies (having Node.js installed is a requirement)
npm install
  1. Create a .env file that looks similar to this, substituting in your discord bot's token. If you're not sure how to create the bot and get a token, we cover this in episode 1.
TOKEN=EnterYourDiscordBotTokenHere

The start of each video will coorespond to a branch on this repository. For example, in episode 4, you can you should be able to git checkout ep4 to get the source code to follow along in the video.

  1. Ensure that the bot is invited to your Discord server. You can use the following link to invite your bot, substituting in your client id. This is also covered in episode 1.
https://discordapp.com/oauth2/authorize?client_id=INSERT_CLIENT_ID_HERE&scope=bot
  1. Run the node application
npm run dev