Dev environment setup

Drive the Vote is a Rails 5 app, using:

• a Postgres data store
• Sidekiq/redis for asynchronous jobs
• RSpec tests
• Haml/Sass templates & CSS
• Bootstrap JS/CSS framework

System

1. Install RVM or your favorite ruby manager
2. rvm install 2.2.5 or similar. Use 2.2.x for parity with production
3. Install homebrew: ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)"
4. brew install gcc redis postgres
5. Follow homebrew instructions to auto-start redis and postgres at login.
6. Open /etc/hosts and add the line 127.0.0.1 local.drive.vote

App

1. Clone drive.vote
2. cd drive.vote
3. Set up a local .env file
4. Install bundler: gem install bundler
5. Bundle gems: bundle install
6. Set up local db:
7. Create db user: createuser -drs postgres
8. bundle exec rake db:create
9. bundle exec rake db:migrate
10. Run dev server: rails s

To Send Emails in Local Dev

1. Add following to .env file:

SEND_GRID_USER_NAME=XXX # Only required for sending emails
SEND_GRID_PASSWORD=XXX # Only required for sending emails

1. In separate terminal, run Sidekiq: bundle exec sidekiq

TODO:

1. How to create a local user with admin privileges
2. Style guidelines
3. Policy for commits, PRs, code review, etc