Problematica

Unsolved problems get solved, in style!

Table of Contents:

Getting Started

Setting up your virtual environment
Set up environment variables
Running the app

Getting Started

Note: Development currently limited to those who have access to our Heroku account.

Setting up your virtual environment:

1. Install the virtualenv package by running pip install virtualenv.
2. Create a folder called virtualenv at the same level as the root folder of the cloned Problematica repo.
3. cd into the new folder and create a virtualenv called problematica by running the command: virtualenv problematica
4. Go back into the root of our repo and run the script that I wrote for enabling the virtualenv by running the following command: source scripts/start-venv.sh
5. Verify that you are in the correct venv by running: pip -V. It should show the project folder, not a global disk folder.
6. Make sure your new virtualenv has the packages listed in requirements.txt by running pip install -r requirements.txt
7. You should be all set to run the project locally!

Set up environment variables:

1. Create a new file named .env containing all the sensitive data that will be needed, in the following format:

ROOT_URL='https://problematica.herokuapp.com/'
DATABASE_URL='value'
ADMIN_PW=value
STRIPE_API_KEY=value
STRIPE_CHECKOUT_KEY=value

replacing the value text by the actual keys and passwords that are being used.

Running the app:

For current developers with access to Heroku, run the command heroku local web
The app should now be running on http://localhost:5000/