CGIP

a project by students from the HTW Berlin

Getting started

The documentation can be found in the documentation folder.

1. Install CouchDB from http://couchdb.apache.org/
2. Install node.js from http://nodejs.org
3. Install brunch from command line via npm install -g [email protected]
4. Navigate to the CGIP/ folder in the command line
5. Run npm install from the command line
6. Go to server and copy config.js.sample to config.js and fill in your credentials
7. Create the databases with: node server/scripts/create_databases.js
8. Create the design docs with: node server/scripts/create_design_docs.js
9. Create a user with: node server/scripts/create_user.js (will prompt for details)
10. Run brunch watch
11. Run node server.js and open http://localhost:3000 in your browser

Working on the project

1. Navigate to the CGIP/ folder in the command line
2. Run brunch watch from the command line
3. Edit files in the app/ folder and all your changes will automatically be recompiled

Deployment

Git-deployment on Uberspace! For a detailed documentation see documentation/deployment.md.

Technologies

• Backbone.js for the frontend code
• Eco for the templates
• Stylus as a CSS pre-processor
• CouchDB as a backend (decision pending)