Nashploration

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An interactive web application, inviting kids to engage with Nashville's local history and community.

Accounts needed for development

• Mailgun (http://www.mailgun.com/)

Installation

1. Install MongoDB (http://docs.mongodb.org/manual/installation/)

• mongod

2. Launch instance of MongoDB locally
3. Install Node.js (http://nodejs.org/download/)
4. Clone Github repository

• git clone https://github.com/nathanhood/nashploration

5. Inside newly created project directory:

• npm install

6. Launch node server

• PORT=3000 DBNAME=nashploration node app/app.js

7. Import locations from data.nashville.gov

• curl -X POST http://localhost:3000/addHistory
• This will create a 'locations' collection in your 'nashploration' db
• This can be viewed by opening the mongo shell in your terminal or by downloading robomongo (mongodb visual data manager)

8. Add Wikipedia data for locations to database

• In terminal: mongoimport --db nashploration --collection wikilinks --file db/wiki.json --jsonArray

8. You should now be ready to begin:

• Kill current node server that is running ctrl+c
• Start server with Mailgun key
  • PORT=3000 DBNAME=nashploration MAILGUN='your_key' node app/app.js Note: You can still develop without a Mailgun account as long as development does not pertain to anything regarding emails.

Technologies Used

• Node.js
• Express
• MongoDB
• Traceur
• Jade
• Less
• Google Maps
• Media Wiki
• Mailgun