Firefly

This project is to help organizers to better promote their events.

It relies on the data stored on the GDG[x] Hub.

List of events Organizers can use short urls like http://devfest.gdgroups.org to promote devfests, or http://brussels.gdgroups.org (to be implemented) to promote events for GDG Brussels.

Url shortener Furthermore, it can be used as url shortener like http://gdgroups.org/4363aa to direct to a specific event's page. The statistics are shown at http://gdgroups.org/4363aa/analytics

There is no need for organizers to clone this repo or host this project on their servers.

Contribute

Get involved:

Discuss issues and pull requests.

Local Development

1. Clone the git repository.
2. Create and customize server/config/local.env.js based on server/config/local.env.sample.js.
3. Define the GOOGLE_API_KEY: The API key for your project, available from the Cloud Console
4. Create a new project then go to APIs & Auth->APIs, activate Google+ API.
5. Go to APIs & Auth->Credentials. Add Credentials->API key->Browser key->Create (keep Any referrer allowed set).
6. Define the SESSION_SECRET: The Client secret for your project, available from the Cloud Console
7. Go to APIs & Auth->Credentials. Add Credentials->API key->OAuth 2.0 client ID->Web Application->Create.
8. bower install
9. npm install
10. mongod or mongostart (configured here).
11. grunt serve

• client contains the AngularJS app
• server contains the logic for the url shortener

Prod Deployment

1. git fetch
2. git pull
3. grunt build
4. npm runScript configProd
5. nohup npm start &
6. Check the server at http://gdgroups.org