adrianbautista/Fintech-Hackathon

Web application built during the FinTech NYC Hackathon 2013

WORK OFF/BRANCH OFF FROM DEVELOP BRANCH¶ ↑

Setup / Configuration¶ ↑

1. git clone the repo from the command line:

   git clone git@github.com:adrianbautista/Fintech-Hackathon.git
   

2. if asked about an .rvmrc file, say yes, then run bundle

   bundle install
   

3. duplicate config/database.yml.example and rename it config/database.yml, put database information for your local machine

4. start server

   rails s
   

5. lets crush it! 加油!

Resources¶ ↑

• Foundation: foundation.zurb.com/docs/

• Ruby on Rails Guide: guides.rubyonrails.org/

• SASS tutorial: sass-lang.com/tutorial.html

• Devise (for user models, login, views, controllers): github.com/plataformatec/devise

• Farady (for interacting with RESTful APIs): github.com/lostisland/faraday | www.intridea.com/blog/2012/3/12/faraday-one-http-client-to-rule-them-all

APIs¶ ↑

• Biz Vizz API: bizvizz.com/api

• Estimize API Doc: s3.amazonaws.com/com.estimize.public/EstimizeAPI.pdf

• Alpha Data (list of open source APIs): alpha.data.gov/

Using ENV variables for API keys¶ ↑

1. For each API key we use, add a line to your .bash_profile file

2. Type subl ~.bash_profile to open the file

3. Add lines like so:

   "export FT_BIZVIZ=thebizvizzkey"
   "export FT_SL=theSLkey"
   

• Just replace the string after the equals sign with the key in the google doc.

• Make sure you restart your terminal after.