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Getting started

To use this repo, you’ll need to fork the repo as your own. Once you have done that, you’ll need to run the following command below to get everything up and running.

Installing necessary dependencies

The easiest way to get started is to run the following command. This will pull down any necessary dependencies that your app will require. You can think of this command as something incredibly similar to bundle install in Rails.

npm install

Set up your local database

You’ll need to figure out a name for your database. We suggest calling it something like sweater_weather_dev.

To get things set up, you’ll need to access your Postgres instance by typing in psql into your terminal. Once there, you can create your database by running the comment CREATE DATABASE PUT_DATABASE_NAME_HERE_dev;.

Now you have a database for your new project.

Migrations

Once you have your database setup, you’ll need to run some migrations (if you have any). You can do this by running the following command:

knex migrate:latest

Instructions to create database, run migrations, and seed:

psql
CREATE DATABASE DATABASE_NAME_dev;
\q

knex migrate:latest
knex seed:run

Set up your test database

Most of the setup is going to be same as the one you did before. You’ll notice one small difference with setting the environment flag to test.

psql
CREATE DATABASE DATABASE_NAME_test;
\q

knex migrate:latest --env test

Running your tests

Running tests are simple and require you to run the following command below:

npm test

When the tests have completed, you’ll get a read out of how things panned out. The tests will be a bit more noisy than what you’re used to, so be prepared.

Setting up your production environment

This repo comes with a lot of things prepared for you. This includes production ready configuration. To get started, you’ll need to do a few things.

Start a brand new app on the Heroku dashboard
Add a Postgres instance to your new Heroku app
Find the URL of that same Postgres instance and copy it. It should look like a long url. It may look something like like postgres://sdflkjsdflksdf:9d3367042c8739f3....
Update your knexfile.js file to use your Heroku database instance. You’ll see a key of connection with a value of an empty string. This is where you’ll paste your new Postgres instance URL.

Once you’ve set all of that up, you’ll need to add the remote to your new app. This should work no differently than how you’ve done it with any Rails project. Adding this remote will allow you to run git push heroku master.

Once you’ve done that, you’ll need to bash into your Heroku instance and get some things set up.

Run the following commands to get started:

heroku run bash
npm install
nom install -g knex
knex migrate:latest

This will install any dependencies, install Knex, and migrate any changes that you’ve made to the database.

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