Code for America Brigade

Help civic hackers collaborate!

The Code for America Brigade website is the platform for the Brigade community to connect to one another and to learn about how to get involved with Brigade activities.

Dependency Status

Demo

You can see a running version of the application at http://brigade.codeforamerica.org/.

Installation

capybara-webkit depends on a WebKit implementation from Qt, a cross-platform development toolkit. You'll need to download the Qt libraries to build and install the gem. You can find instructions for downloading and installing QT on the capybara-webkit wiki

You'll also need to install Imagemagick brew install imagemagick

git clone git://github.com/codeforamerica/brigade.git
cd brigade
bundle install
cp config/database.yml.example config/database.yml
bundle exec rake sunspot:solr:start
rake db:create
rake db:migrate
rake db:seed

Usage

$ foreman start
Then open your browser to `http://localhost:5000`

Deployment

In production, you will have to set the environment variable SECRET_TOKEN to protect against attacks. To generate a token, cd into the project directory and run rake secret.

For illustration, on Heroku setting an environment variable can be done with the following command:

heroku config:set SECRET_TOKEN=mynewlygeneratedtoken

How do users interact with system?

As a user:

I want to help with a specific app, show me all the deployed versions.
I want to help out in my city, show me all the deployed apps in my city.
I belong to a brigade already, show me the deployed apps they are working on.
I want to deploy a new app in my city, show me what has been deployed and what has not.

Project Jargon

user - civic hacker (developers, designers, etc)
brigade - group of users
app - code that already exists (http://commons.codeforamerica.org/). Users will choose an app from the application and deploy it locally as needed. Refers to an existing github project. These will be prededfined by CFM staff.
- For example: An app was created in Boston to track fire hydrants due to the possiblity of them being covered by snow during bad storms. This code base is already publically available. A group of civic hackers could come in and claim the app to deploy locally (ie - Norfolk to use app for identifying fire hydrants but identifying something else).

Goals of project

User Can:

find a project they want to work on
commit to the project
provide a description of their skill set
receive all the info of stuff they need to do (project checklist)
issue a challenge for something an existing app might not necessarily address

Rules

users can deploy or work on whatever they want (it is voluntary after all)
members of a brigade are not required to be in the location of the project

Future Ideas

brigades may have moderation in the future

Contributing

In the spirit of free software, everyone is encouraged to help improve this project.

Here are some ways you can contribute:

by using alpha, beta, and prerelease versions
by reporting bugs
by suggesting new features
by translating to a new language
by writing or editing documentation
by writing specifications
by writing code (no patch is too small: fix typos, add comments, clean up inconsistent whitespace)
by refactoring code
by closing issues
by reviewing patches
financially

Submitting an Issue

We use the GitHub issue tracker to track bugs and features. Before submitting a bug report or feature request, check to make sure it hasn't already been submitted. You can indicate support for an existing issue by voting it up. When submitting a bug report, please include a Gist that includes a stack trace and any details that may be necessary to reproduce the bug, including your gem version, Ruby version, and operating system. Ideally, a bug report should include a pull request with failing specs.

Submitting a Pull Request

Fork the repository.
Create a topic branch.
Add specs for your unimplemented feature or bug fix.
Run bundle exec rake spec. If your specs pass, return to step 3.
Implement your feature or bug fix.
Run bundle exec rake spec. If your specs fail, return to step 5.
Run open coverage/index.html. If your changes are not completely covered by your tests, return to step 3.
Add, commit, and push your changes.
Submit a pull request.

Supported Ruby Versions

This library aims to support and is tested against the following Ruby implementations:

Ruby 1.9.2
Ruby 1.9.3

If something doesn't work on one of these interpreters, it should be considered a bug.

This library may inadvertently work (or seem to work) on other Ruby implementations, however support will only be provided for the versions listed above.

If you would like this library to support another Ruby version, you may volunteer to be a maintainer. Being a maintainer entails making sure all tests run and pass on that implementation. When something breaks on your implementation, you will be personally responsible for providing patches in a timely fashion. If critical issues for a particular implementation exist at the time of a major release, support for that Ruby version may be dropped.

Credits

We Are Titans, Norfolk, VA.

Thanks also to the following people who have contributed patches or helpful suggestions:

KathleenLD/brigade