memex-explorer

Memex explorer application written in Django 1.7

• To setup the environment, do the following:

$ wget http://bit.ly/miniconda
$ bash miniconda
$ conda env create -n memex -f environment.yml
$ source activate memex

• To setup the application, in an environment with Django 1.7 and Python 3 installed, run this command in the memex_explorer folder. This will create the database for the application using the migration scripts provided in the source code:

$ cd memex_explorer
$ python manage.py migrate

• Then, in the same folder run this command to launch the application as a local server:

$ python manage.py runserver

• To set up superuser access to the administrative panel, run this command and provide a username, email, and password:

$ python manage.py createsuperuser

• To access the administration panel navigate to http://localhost:8000/admin after running python manage.py runserver. Here you will be able to view and make manual changes to the database.
• To run the tests, run the command:

$ py.test

Installing Compass

If you need to make changes to the .scss stylesheets, Compass is a useful tool. The following are instructions on how to install compass without using sudo.

• For mac users, add this line to your ~/.bash_profile:

export PATH=/Users/<username>/.gem/ruby/<ruby version>/bin:$PATH

Then run $ gem install compass --user-install. This will install Compass on your system.

• To make changes to the stylesheets, do:

$ cd ../
$ compass watch