Codebin

Major rehaul coming up!

A modern hackable, opensourced, userfriendly Pastebin for sharing text, codes, screen shots (images) with new features.
The server is implemented in NodeJS, with a MongoDB database. I have coded this in the Windows environment, however, it should work splendidly on Linux/Mac. In case there are any problems, feel free to email me.

Currently, this code reflects the first fully functioning version v0.1.0.

Features

Current features (v0.1.0) are:

• Syntax highlighting
• Support for 11 language sets
• Save and sharable short url capability

Lots more features are planned :D

Usage

Steps for usage are as follows, do exactly:

• Install NodeJS

• Install MongoDB

• Clone repo into folder of choice, switch to that folder

• For developmental purposes, the app uses nodemon to run the server, so install that with npm install -g nodemon into the Terminal, or simply avoid it and use the standard node command by opening package.json and changing the following:

    "scripts": {
      "start": "nodemon ./bin/www"
    }
  

  to

    "scripts": {
      "start": "node ./bin/www"
    }
  

• Get the folder src-min-noconflict from the ace-builds repository and place it in public/javascripts

• Get jquery-1.11.1-min.js from jquery's page and place in public/javascripts

• Get bootstrap.min.js from bootstrap and place in public/javascripts

• Run npm install in the Terminal. This may take a while on slower internet connections and is only to be done for the first time setup. In case the installation did not occur properly, delete the node_modules folder before trying again.

• Run mongod --dbpath ./data (or on Windows, mongod --dbpath .\data ) and keep the terminal open. This is the database server and is required every time you want the site to run.

• Run mongo in a new terminal. (This is only for the first time setup) Type the following:

    > use nodetest1
    > db.createCollection('codebinData')
    > exit
  

• Run npm start and keep the terminal open. This IS the server and must be kept running in order to work.

• Open localhost:3000 in the browser (Tested on the latest Chrome, though it should work as expected anywhere Ace Editor does)

• Clicking the Save button sends the data to the server in post request, server modifies database and redirects to required page.