CodeCast

An app which allows multiple people to hack on problems, collaboratively, in realtime. The app will also support inbuilt analytics to ensure efficiency of the code.

Started as a final year project.

Dependencies:

Pythonic dependencies:

1. gevent-socketio
2. flask
3. flask-socketio
4. pika
5. ipdb (for debugging purposes)
6. gevent-websocket

Installation:

Install python-devel:

$ sudo yum install python-devel

Create a virtual environment, codecast, and install the dependencies:

$ sudo pip install virtualenvwrapper
$ export WORKON_HOME=~/Envs
$ mkdir -p $WORKON_HOME
$ source /usr/bin/virtualenvwrapper.sh
$ mkvirtualenv codecast

Run in the project directory:

$ pip install -r requirements.txt

Non-pythonic dependencies:

1. rabbitmq-server

Installation:

$ sudo yum install rabbitmq-server

Run the app:

1. Start the rabbitmq server with root priveleges:

   $ sudo rabbitmq-server

2. In a new terminal, switch to codecast virtualenv:

   $ workon codecast

3. Start the flask server:

   $ python server.py

4. Now, open a browser, and point to localhost:5000, to fire up a client.

Optional

1. Enable the RabbitMQ management plugin:

   $ sudo rabbitmq-plugins enable rabbitmq_management

   Browse to localhost:15672 to have a look at the RabbitMQ dashboard.

2. Tail the log files (log directory: src/logs/):

   $ tail -f consumer.log
   $ tail -f publisher.log