CrimethInc. website

Ruby on Rails app that powers https://crimethinc.com

Development

Short Version

First things first, Strap your computer’s development environment.

open https://macos-strap.herokuapp.com/strap.sh

Then…

bash ~/Downloads/strap.sh
rm -f ~/Downloads/strap.sh
git clone https://github.com/crimethinc/website.git
cd website
./script/bootstrap
source ~/.bash_profile
./script/setup
overcommit --install
./script/server

Scripts to Rule Them All

The CrimethInc. website uses the Scripts to Rule Them All pattern. See also: https://github.com/github/scripts-to-rule-them-all

/script is a collection of scripts for development on an macOS computer. Development setup on a Windows or Linux computer will likely vary.

If any of these scripts fail for you, file an issue with as much detail about your setup and any errors you got from the script, and we’ll try to fix whatever’s happening.

Development Scripts

The rest of these instructions assume that you’ve strapped your computer already. If you haven’t, you’ll need to install somethings manually. (But really, you’re better off using Strap.)

• Homebrew
• Homebrew taps and extensions
• Xcode command line tools
• Postgres launchctl (for setup script)

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• bootstrap
• setup
• server
• update
• test
• test_server
• console
• cibuild
• seed

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Bootstrap script

The bootstrap script is the first time development environment configuration for this app. You should only need to run this script once. It will install the proper Ruby and PostgreSQL database versions.

Clone this repo.

git clone https://github.com/crimethinc/website.git
cd website

Then run the bootstrap script.

./script/bootstrap

Setup script

After you’ve bootstraped, you’ll need to setup. The setup setups the Rails environment (creates, migrates and seeds databases, then clears logs and tmp).

./script/setup

Can’t Load Gem from /vendor Error

If you get an error that some gem can’t be loaded, like bcrypt_ext, follow these steps to rebuild this repo’s dev setup. From the root directory of this repo:

rm -rf vendor/gems
rm -rf .bundle
./script/setup

Server script

The server script starts the Rails server on port 3000 (which uses Puma).

./script/server

Site’s running but no articles?

Stop the server, seed the database, then run the server script again. This will import (scrubbed) production data into your local development database.

./script/seed
./script/server

Can’t Find Posgresql Error

If you get an error when starting the server that Rails can’t connect to the Posgresql server, you can fix it with these steps. (Assuming, you’re on a Mac and use Homebrew).

WARNING: These step will DELETE all Posgresql databases / software and re-install Posgresql from scratch. If you have data in your local Posgresql database that you can’t re-create after deleting it, you’ll want to run some backups first. (That’s an exercise for the reader.)

brew services stop postgresql
brew uninstall postgresql
rm -rf /usr/local/var/postgres/
brew install postgresql
brew services start postgresql

Update script

Periodically, you can run the update script to check for new versions of dependencies and to update the database schema. If you ever get a PendingMigrationError, run this script to migrate your database.

./script/update

Test script

Run the test suite using the test script.

./script/test

Test server script

To run a process which runs tests on file change

./script/test_server

Console script

If you need to use the app’s console (in any environment), use the console script.

./script/console

If you need to use the console on a remote instance of the app, specific its environment name as the first argument.

./script/console production

Or

./script/console staging

CI Build script

Setup environment for CI to run tests. This is primarily designed to run on the continuous integration server.

./script/cibuild

Database seed script

Drop the database, rebuild it, and fill it with seed data.

./script/seed

Development Setup with Docker

If you’re doing development on Linux, you may find it more comfortable to run the website in a container. You can do this easily using Docker.

First, you’ll need to have a Postgres instance running. If you’re just doing development and have no need to persist database changes to disk, you can run one like and print out its IP address like this:

docker run -d --name postgres postgres:latest
docker inspect -f '{{ .NetworkSettings.IPAddress }}' postgres

We’re going to assume that the Postgres container’s IP address was 172.17.0.2 for the next few steps; if that’s not the case, be sure to replace it as appropriate.

Next, you need to build the Docker image, create, and then seed the database:

docker build -t crimethinc .
docker run --rm postgres:latest psql -h 172.17.0.2 -U postgres -c 'create database crimethinc;'
docker run --rm -e DATABASE_URL=postgresql://[email protected]/crimethinc crimethinc bin/rails db:migrate db:seed

Now, you can run the app:

docker run -it --rm -e DATABASE_URL=postgresql://[email protected]/crimethinc -p 3000:3000 crimethinc

You’ll now be able to access the app at http://localhost:3000.

When you’re done, you can stop and remove your Postgres container:

docker stop postgres
docker rm postgres

Deploy to Heroku

Click this button to easily deploy to Heroku. (You must have a Heroku account.)

Contributing

See CONTRIBUTING.md.

If you find bugs, have feature requests or questions, please file an issue.

Code of Conduct

Everyone interacting in all of CrimethInc. codebases, issue trackers, chat rooms, and mailing lists is expected to follow the CrimethInc. development code of conduct.

License

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Your heart is as free as the air you breathe. \ The ground you stand on is liberated territory.

In legal text, CrimethInc. website is dedicated to the public domain using Creative Commons — CC0 1.0 Universal.

https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0