README

• This is an example forum application, consisting of .NET API, MongoDb doc store and JavaScript framework UI
• 0.1 work in progress
• Based on an earlier project, some details of the stack are described here (this repo is a rewrite though so will differ as it is built out);
• Accompanying blog post about this repository can be found here

How do I get set up?

• Clone this repo

• Download MongoDb, for reviewing, running and developing this API you need windows so select the appropriate Windows version https://www.mongodb.org/downloads

• Install MongoDb, installing as a service is optional but saves you starting the service when you boot up Install MongoDb as Windows Service

• Download a mongodb client, robomongo is nice and free

• Open Forum.sln in Visual Studio (2012 or above)

• Build the solution

• Run Forum.Tools.Sample.exe to load some sample data to Mongo

• Set Forum.Api project as start project

• hit F5 to see API running

• OR set up the Api in IIS under the url localhost/forum-api (or whatever you want to configure it as)

• Running the integration tests will wipe your mongo database, so that it can set up a known set of test data. The integration tests also tear down this data, so after running you need to re-run the Forum.Tools.Sample executable if you want sample data in mongo.

• Running the Forum.Tools.Sample executable with the optional first argument of 'remove' will also wipe the local mongo database should you wish to do this

TODO:

• Review js frameworks for integration with API
• Build SPA
• Integrate API and SPA

Contribution guidelines

• TDD via NUnit, NSubstitute and AutoFixture please
• Issue PRs to me please if you want to contribute

Who do I talk to?

• Repo owner: jdheywood@gmail.com