KITCHEN SINK

PURPOSE

The purpose of this repo is to get the Node.js Livefyre Library in your local development environment

STRUCTURE

This is an Express.js web server running on Node.js platform

INSTALLATION

Assuming your environment lacks command line tools & node, here are the steps to quickly get you up and running:

  • Go to http://nodejs.org/download/ and download the Universal Mac OS X Installer (.pkg)
  • Install Node.js by double-clicking node-v0.10.X.pkg
  • Go to /Applications/Utilities/ and launch Terminal.app

In Terminal.app, copy and paste the following steps (when you see a “$” in the next steps, it means to run the following command. Do not paste in the “$” into Terminal.app):

If command line tools are not installed:

  • $ git --version (This should prompt you to install command line tools. Click install => agree)

If command line tools are installed:

  • $ cd ~/ && mkdir “dev” && cd dev
  • $ git clone https://github.com/cid8600/kitchen-sink && cd kitchen-sink
  • $ npm install
  • $ make install
  • Answer prompt for security purposes (hint: answer is in all lowercase)
  • Hit "y" to create your randomly generated Heroku instance name
  • Open a web browser and go to http://localhost:3000

If you see the home page:

  • do a jig && go to the fridge && have wine and cheese

If you do not see the home page:

STARTING NODE

  • $ cd ~/dev/kitchen-sink/ && npm start

STOPING NODE

  • $ ^C