Development Instructions

Install Ruby

First you'll want to install Ruby. Any version as long as it's 2.0 or greater should be fine

Install Gems

First install bundler:

$ gem install bundler

When you've got bundler installed you can install the Gems for the project.

cd into the project. After that run:

$ bundle install --without production

Create the database

$ bundle exec rake db:migrate

Run the server

At this point you should be able to start the server with

$ bundle exec ruby app.rb

You can access the server at http://localhost:3000

Creating migration files

To create a migration file when changing the database schema run

$ bundle exec rake db:create_migration NAME=migration_name_here

For example if we wanted to make a migration file that creates a questions table we might run

$ bundle exec rake db:create_migration NAME=create_questions

After you create a migration you'll have to run bundle exec rake db:migrate again to reflect those changes in the database.

Running a console

To run a console where you can do things like Level.all Question.first run

$ bin/console

CTRL+D will quit IRB

Deployment Instructions

Heroku App Creation

Create an account on Heroku.
On the Heroku dashboard you will need to create a new application. You will also need to add the "Heroku Postgres" addon for the database.

Heroku Local Tools Install

You will need to install the Heroku Toolbelt.
Once it is installed you will need to login using the following command:

$ heroku login

Deploying to Heroku

First you want to change directory to the project directory.
Then you will need to tell git about the Heroku app we made.

$ heroku git:remote -a app-name-here

Then you will be able to push to Heroku to deploy the application:

$ git push heroku master

If this is the first time deploying the application you will also need to setup the database using:

$ heroku run bundle exec rake db:migrate

After that you should be able to access the app at app-name-here.herokuapp.com