Starting the Dev Server

The development server can be run by executing the dev file in the bin directory.

bin/dev

When running the development server for the first time, the postgres database will need to be created. You can do this by running rails db:create in the project directory.

Dependencies

Posgres

sudo apt install postgresql-all 

Then check if postgres is running with

sudo systemctl status postgresql.service 

Note: ensure the user you are running postgres as has necessary permissions. They can be added with:

sudo su - postgres
psql # enter postgres console
ALTER USER my_user WITH Superuser;

Added permissions can be confirmed with \du within the psql console.

JavaScript Dependencies

Install JS dependencies with:

yarn install

Guard

Guard is installed and can be run with bundle exec guard