ramses-lopez/forum

LibreForum

This a Ruby on Rails 5.2 app, created to serve as a simple demo app

Requirements

• Ruby 2.4+
• PostgreSQL Server 9+

How to install

Assuming that you cover all requirements

1. Clone the git repo

git clone git@github.com:ramses-lopez/forum.git

1. Enter the newly created directory

cd forum

1. [optional] If you're using rvm, use this command to create and use a proper gemset

rvm use 2.4@forum-app --create --auto-dotfiles

1. Check that you're using the desired gemset with rvm current
2. Install all dependencies running

bundle install

1. The first time you run the app, you need to create the database:

rake db:setup

1. You're all set! run rails s to start the development server and go to http://localhost:3000

2. [Optional] You can run the rake db:load_test_data task to generate some dummy data.

Next steps

• Rails 5.2 comes with the webpacker gem integrated, so you can use a SPA framework for the UI with Rails as a backend. All the required configuration is already done in this app, but the UI is not. So, next up, ReactJS UI!
• Deploy to Heroku, for demo convenience
• Search functionality
• User Notifications