Installing STePS Networking Module and Development

Runs on Windows 10 and above

Prerequisite

• Node v6.3.0 and above (https://nodejs.org/en/)
• MongoDB (https://www.mongodb.com/)
• NPM file manager (usually comes with node)

First Installation

1. Clone the repository from Github (git@github.com:nus-mtp/steps-networking-module.git)
2. Run npm install at the root of the repository
3. Run gulp from the command line
4. Access the web application with the port displayed on the command line e.g. localhost:3000 when the port displayed is Port 3000.

Development

Ensure that you have set path environment for ease of running MongoDB (https://superuser.com/questions/949560/how-do-i-set-system-environment-variables-in-windows-10)

1. Run MongoDB with mongod in the console
2. Run Mongo Client with mongo in the console
3. Run gulp from the root directory in the command line

Building

• gulp buildClient to build client side code
• gulp buildServer to build server side code
• gulp builds both client and server code
• gulp full-convert to populate database with all STePS past data
• gulp active-convert to populate database with all STePS active data