Intro

ZubHub is a free web platform that expands access to low-cost creative learning and collaboration opportunities globally to children in underserved communities.

It is available for custom use for your school, library, hackerspace, or educational organization. It can be hosted in low or no internet bandwidth locations to create a small virtual hub. These hubs can be interconnected to form an extensive distributed creative education network. You can think of it as Mastodon social network but specifically intended for showcasing and collaborating on creative educational projects. Or maybe like Hackaday.io, but for children 😃

Steps

1. Install Git. ( jump to section )
2. Fork and clone zubhub repository. ( jump to section )
3. Install Node.js 14 and npm 7 or later. ( jump to section )
4. Setup Frontend. ( jump to section )

Install Git

NOTE: You can skip this step if you already have git installed on your machine. To check if git is running on your machine, run the following command git --version.

• click on this link, select your operating system from the options given, then download and install git on your local machine.

Fork and clone Zubhub-mobile repository

• fork the zubhub-mobile repository to your Github account.

• On the homepage of the cloned repository in your own Github account, click on the code button, copy the URL in the dropdown then run the following code in your computer terminal:

      $ git clone <copied url>

The copied URL will have the format of https://github.com/<your github username>/zubhub-mobile.git

Install Node and NPM

NOTE: You can skip this step if you already have node and npm installed on your machine. To check if node and npm are already installed on your machine, run the following command node --version and npm --version.

• Click on this link and follow the given instructions to install node and npm on your local machine.

Setup Frontend

SETUP ON ANDROID DEVICE

• Install the expo-cli on your machine with the following command (npm install -g expo-cli)
• Open the terminal on the root of the cloned project and run npm install to install the dependencies
• Make sure your computer and android device are connected on thesame network.
• Download the Expo Go app on google playstore
• Open the app and click scan QR
• Run expo start to start the mobile app.
• Scan the QR code on your terminal using the QR Code scanner opened on your mobile device.

SETUP ON IOS DEVICE

• Install the expo-cli on your machine with the following command (npm install -g expo-cli)
• Open the terminal on the root of the cloned project and run npm install to install the dependencies
• Make sure your computer and android device are connected on thesame network.
• Download the Expo Go app on Apples App Store
• Run expo start to start the mobile app.
• Open your device camera
• Scan the QR code on your terminal using your phones camera.