Final_Project

note: locally, you must install nodejs and run main.js in /communication/node/main.js for the communication application to work; also adjust the 2 absolute paths in the main.js file to match the directory structure

LOCAL INSTALLATION (windows systems)

to use linux style commands of this README please install git bash (http://www.geekgumbo.com/2010/04/09/installing-git-on-windows/)

create a directory in your drive C:

clone project into source folder

create a virtual environment

note: must have installed python 2.7 to the default directory in C:\Python27

note: must have virtual env installed 'pip install virtualenv' -- must have pip installed, usually included on windows system installs

change directory to the project source

install dependencies

note: windependencies file for windows since readline is not compatible, may have to change all 'import readline' to 'import pyreadline as readline'

make the migration files

run the database migration

run server, navigate to http://localhost:8000 in a browser

LOCAL INSTALLATION (*nix systems [Mac, Ubuntu...])

create a directory in your home directory

clone project into source folder

create a virtual environment

note: must have installed python 2.7 to the default directory in /usr/local/bin with a python2.7 executable via altinstall

note: must have virtual env installed 'pip install virtualenv' -- must have pip installed, usually included on windows system installs

note: see server installation script under deploy_tools for details on installing a new python

change directory to the project source

install dependencies

make the migration files

run the database migration

run server, navigate to http://localhost:8000 in a browser

SERVER INSTALLATION (*nix systems)

note: follow the commands under deploy_tools serverInstallcommands.sh (not tested as an executable shell script)

note: must have fabric installed (on windows this will require a manual installation (setup_py) of pycrypto first, you may find pre-compiled windows binaries here (http://www.voidspace.org.uk/python/modules.shtml#pycrypto)

change directory to where deploy_tools is on your local computer - this script is deployed from your local computer to the server

note: must activate virtualenv with fabric (you may have fabric installed on your path python, and not require a virtualenv)

run the fabfile.py script with the following command to upload the project from origin/master to the specified server