How To: MRDC Server 2019

These instructions assume your working directory is the root of this repo, where this file is located.

How to install necessary software

• Install Node.js with sudo apt install nodejs
• Install Bower with sudo npm install --global bower
• Install Ruby with sudo apt install ruby-full, then sudo gem install sass
• Install Grunt with sudo npm install --global grunt
• Install MongoDB with sudo apt install mongodb
• Install server dependencies with npm install
• Install frontend dependencies with bower install

How to start the server

• Run mongod to start the database server.
  • In order to keep using the terminal, you'll need to do one of the following:
    • Ctrl-Z to pause mongod and bg to resume it in the background (pkill mongod to stop it later)
    • Ctrl-Shift-T to open a new terminal tab, leaving mongod in the first tab (Ctrl-C in that tab to stop it later)
• Run grunt serve to start the web server.
  • A tab should open in your browser upon success.
  • As with mongod above, if you want to free up your terminal, use Ctrl-Z & bg or Ctrl-Shift-T.

How to modify the scoring table

• Edit ./server/config/environment/shared.js.
  • NOTE: This is the folder ./server in the root of ~/dredd-2019, not ./dist/server!
• The variable prototypes should be a JSON array of scoring options.
  • The comment at the top of the file describes the meaning of each option.