jakesmith1 / gregarious-giraffes

Thesis Project

gregarious-giraffes

Thesis Project

Roles

• Scrum Master, Sara Sailors
• Product Owner, Jake Smith
• Developers: Laurhens Daudier, Sara Sailors, Jake Smith

How to Run Locally:

• npm install
• node server/server.js
• webpack - w

How to Deploy with AWS using EC2 / Elastic Beanstalk

• cd ~/.ssh
• cd keypairs
• ssh -i "giraffes.pem" [email protected]
• git clone repository (unless you already have)
• cd into repository
• sudo npm install
• sudo apt-get install mysql-server mysql-client
• sudo npm install -g webpack
• ONE TAB
  • mysql -u root -p
  • type in whatever password you used
  • create database giraffes;
  • use giraffes;
• SECOND TAB
  • node server/server.js
  • if you are in a place where you want it to run forever do this --> forever start server/server.js
  • if you need to kill the nodes b/c it says IN USE, run --> killall -9 node
• THIRD TAB
  • webpack --> public link: ec2-35-161-238-190.us-west-2.compute.amazonaws.com

Some basic MySql commands:

• show tables;
• show columns;
• select name, email from users;
• select * from users; //the images will distort the table display, it is better to select specific columns
• select name, email hobbies from users where name='insertName'; //type the ' ' for this one

Things you can do with this app:

• Sign up / log in
• Fill out the profile survey
• Add an image
• Can add additional photos to your profile (which display on the dashboard)
• Dashboard
  • Search for friends
  • Add a friend
  • Comment on images that users add
• Chat
• Events
  • Can create an event
  • Can 'attend' an event
  • When you add an address or location, it uses Google maps to mark the location

How to set up a local MySQL database:

• first, make sure you have mysql installed (npm install mysql)
• at the command prompt type: mysql.server start, then, $ mysql -h localhost -u root -p, and enter a password for the root user, this password will go in server/db/index.js
• when in the mysql terminal type: create database giraffeLocal;, and then type: use giraffeLocal;
• go to index.js in server/db and make sure that the knex library initiation with host: 'localhost' is uncommented, and that the other knex initiation is commented out
• enter your password for your mysql root user in the connection object