tools-of-curiosity-app

This repository hold everything for the Tools Of Curiosity game.

Getting Started

Set up Git LFS

• Install Git LFS from https://git-lfs.github.com
• Run git lfs install if you have never used git lfs on your machine before.
• Clone this repo.
  • If you have already cloned this repo, go into it and run git lfs pull

Set up Python

From the tools-of-curiosity directory:

• Create a python virtualenv
  • python3 -m venv venv
• Activate the virtual environment
  • source ./venv/bin/activate
• Install python requirements
  • ./venv/bin/pip install -r requirements.txt

Set up Heroku

• Install the Heroku CLI from https://devcenter.heroku.com/articles/heroku-cli#download-and-install
• If you want your own Heroku instance:
  • heroku create
  • Set up a postgres database in the Heroku UI, and set up config vars (look at existing Heroku apps or app.json)
  • Follow setup instructions here: https://ankane.org/git-lfs-on-heroku

Running Locally

From the tools-of-curiosity directory:

• source ./venv/bin/activate
• heroku local

Deploying to Heroku

• When you push to main, changes automatically appear at https://tools-of-curiosity.herokuapp.com
  • You can see deployments happening here.
• If you set up your own Heroku instance, use:
  • git push heroku main --no-verify