ReliefWeb is an organization that tracks international disaster preparedness and response. This application combines ReliefWeb's new REST API with a custom-built Twitter timeline-processing script to give authoritative, real-time updates on an occuring disaster.
This application's goal is to give an example of what developers can build with the ReliefWeb API, as well as create a re-usable disaster-specific app that can be rolled out quickly to track a natural disaster.
##Accessing the ReliefWeb API
##How to run this application locally
This application uses Foundation for responsive grid and base styling, and Backbone.js as a javascript framework. CSS and JS files are combined and minified for production using Grunt, which requires Node.js and NPM.
To download and set up this site on your local hard drive:
- git clone git@github.com:reliefweb/ebola-tracker.git
- cd reliefweb-disaster-app
- npm install
- grunt watch
You should now be able to run a web server and see this site from a modern browser.
##How to contribute
Read more about contributing to the development of this project.