This app is associated with the free online course and (non-free) ebook Engineering Software as a Service.

To get started:

0. Setup a Cloud9 environment for the course.

1. Fork this repo to your GitHub account, then in your Cloud9 terminal, type the following command to clone your fork to your development workspace:

git clone [email protected]:your_github_username/rottenpotatoes-rails-intro.git

0. Then cd rottenpotatoes-rails-intro to change to the app's directory.

1. Run the command bundle install --without production to make sure all the gems (libraries) used by the app are in place.

2. Run bundle exec rake db:setup to create the initial database.

3. Run rails server -p $PORT -b $IP to start the app. Cloud9 will pop up a window showing the URL to visit in your browser to interact with the running app.