A little bit of scaffolding to make it easier for beginners to get st…

…arted.
edx · Jun 17, 2013 · 10b80e1 · 10b80e1
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diff --git a/example/src/mongolog/mongolog/settings.py b/example/src/mongolog/mongolog/settings.py
@@ -167,6 +167,7 @@
     'django.contrib.sites',
     'django.contrib.messages',
     'django.contrib.staticfiles',
+    'mongolog',
 ) + DJ_REQUIRED_APPS
 
 # A sample logging configuration. The only tangible logging

diff --git a/example/src/mongolog/mongolog/static/intro.html b/example/src/mongolog/mongolog/static/intro.html
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+<html>
+<head><title>It's running!</title></head>
+<body>
+<h1> The example application is running. Next steps: </h1>
+<p> Send an event to the database (the sendevent script is in src/sendevent/): 
+<pre> python sendevent.py localhost:8000 /httpevent actor=bob action=submitanswer object=problem5
+</pre>
+<p> Connect to the database, and see what events are there: 
+<pre>
+$ mongo
+MongoDB shell version: 2.0.4
+connecting to: test
+> show dbs
+...
+modules_dump_to_db
+...
+> use modules_dump_to_db
+switched to db modules_dump_to_db
+> show collections
+event_log
+system.indexes
+> db.event_log.find()
+
+[ should show all events sent to database ]
+</pre>
+</body>
+</html>
diff --git a/example/src/mongolog/mongolog/urls.py b/example/src/mongolog/mongolog/urls.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 urlpatterns = patterns('',
     url(r'^httpevent$', 'djeventstream.httphandler.views.http_view'),
     # Examples:
-    # url(r'^$', 'mongolog.views.home', name='home'),
+    url(r'^$', 'mongolog.views.home', name='home'),
     # url(r'^mongolog/', include('mongolog.foo.urls')),
 
     # Uncomment the admin/doc line below to enable admin documentation:

diff --git a/example/src/mongolog/mongolog/views.py b/example/src/mongolog/mongolog/views.py
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+from django.shortcuts import redirect
+
+def home(request):
+    return redirect('/static/intro.html')