An application that venture capital firms can use to better manage their portfolios.
The app will default to running through MongoLab, a cloud-based database service running on MongoDB. You may also run the app on a local database rather than through MongoLab.
- Make sure that the link to the MongoLab database at
octogon/models/Company.js:12is not commented out. It should look like this:
var MONGO_URI = process.env['OCTAGON_MONGO_URI'] || 'mongodb://localhost/test';- To manually change update the database, go to your Heroku dashboard for Octogon and under Add-ons, click MongoLab. Click on the collection that contains the document you wish to edit. Find that document within the collection and click the pencil-edit button to the right.
- When editing a document, be sure to conform to the standard JSON format.
- Go to
octogon/models/Company.js:12and comment out the option to use the MongoLab database. It should look like this:
var MONGO_URI = /*process.env['OCTAGON_MONGO_URI'] || */ 'mongodb://localhost/test';- Here are links to installing and running MongoDB. If you have a Mac, follow these instructions. If you have a PC, follow these instructions. These directions are geared towards a Mac environment will try to include commands for Windows computers as well. The documentation on the MongoDB website is also very good.
There are several ways to run the application:
$ node app.js or $ node app runs the application. Each time a .js file is changed, you will have to restart the app. To fix this issue, run supervisor.
$ supervisor app.js or $ supervisor app runs the application just as node app, but it also watches for changes and on a change restarts. To run this command, you'll have to first install supervisor by executing $ npm install supervisor.
Go to the root directory of the app and execute $ grunt watch.
$ grunt cssmin minifies your css file
$ grunt jslint highlights JSLint errors
$ mocha runs any tests
If you have any questions about how to run Octogon, email Devon Zuegel at devonz@cs.stanford.edu.