BioDB

Hi There!

You're looking at the development repository of web interface of the Biology Softwares catalogue. This is an academic project at @ClusterInnovationCentre carried out by @devkhan and @prashnts.

Getting Started

To setup a development instance of BioDB, please make sure you setup a development enviroment consisting of:

• Python 3.5
• NodeJS v4 or above
• NPM 3.9 or above

0. Clone this repository and make a virtual environment

For BioDB to have clean environment to run in, it's recommended to use a virtualenvironemnt. Please check and install virtualenvwrapper if you're unfamiliar.

• git clone https://github.com/PrashntS/BioDB.git
• cd BioDB
• mkvirtualenv BioDB -p python3

1. Install required packages

To install the packages, open your terminal and run the following from the root directory.

• pip install -r requirements.txt
• npm install

This will download and install all the required packages. Please note that you may need to install brunch as a global module. In that case, run:

• npm install -g brunch/brunch#aaaee25

2. Update your configurations

Several parameters can be controlled via configuration file.

To create your own, first create a copy of the config file:

• cp biodb/_config.sample.py biodb/_config.py

In your favourite editor, open this file and update the configuration.

3. Running

To begin, run the following command which will build assets, and database for you:

• npm run firstrun

To start the server at any point, simply run:

• npm start

Go to http://localhost:8900/ to visit the server.

To rebuild the frontend assets and (optionally) watch for changes, run:

• brunch w