[BED] Onboarding (Environment)

Back-end Onboarding - Environment Setup

Installation

First, let's get everything we need installed:

• Ask another team member for their dev folder; it should contain:
  • Apache 2.4.X
  • PHP 7.2.X
  • MySQL 5.6.37
• Install your preferred Text Editor (VS Code strongly recommended).
• Install NetBeans (PHP Variant
• Install MySQL Workbench
• Install Git or GitKraken
• Install MAMP (Mac Only)

Next, follow these steps to get things up and running:

• Place the dev folder in C:\
• Copy php.ini into C:\Windows
• Follow the steps found here to configure Apache as a service.
  • All paths in the tutorial should be changed to point to your dev folder instead of the default installation locations.
• Follow the steps found here to configure MySQL as a service.
  • All paths in the tutorial should be changed to point to your dev folder instead of the default installation locations.
  • If this step gives you trouble, try downloading a fresh copy of the MySQL server here.
• Open MySQL Workbench and connect to the root server.
• Run the SQL script provided to create the TalentCloud database.
  • Create a user with the username and password set to talentcloud
  • Provide it all permissions for the talentcloud schema.
• Test the database connection:
  • Host: 127.0.0.1
  • Username: talentcloud
  • Password: talentcloud
  • Default Schema: talentcloud
• Clone the master branch here using the HTTPS method into C:\dev\htdocs\GCTC-NTGC\
• Create a branch from master and join the fray.