A platform for brainstorming, organizing, and refining ideas in a distributed manner.

Bloxeo Server

Server for our Brainstorm App, an Express 4 application.

Tech Stack

• Node.js
• MongoDB / Mongoose for persistent data storage
• Redis / ioredis for in memory storage
• Express HTTP, Socket.io WebSockets for client communication

Getting started

Clone the repo.

$ git clone git@github.com:IGME-Research-Studio/bloxeo-server.git
$ cd bloxeo-server
$ npm install

Additional Dependencies

Bloxeo's server requires running a MongoDB instance and Redis server instance.

• Install MongoDB: https://docs.mongodb.com/manual/installation/
• Install Redis: https://redis.io/download

When running the server locally, Bloxeo points to the following ports:

• MongoDB's default port (27017)
• Redis' default port (6379)

Commands

# Start Server
$ npm start

# Check the source code for stylistic correctness
$ npm run lint

# Run the unit tests
$ npm run unit-test

# Run the linter followed by the test suite
$ npm test

Contributing guide

See CONTRIBUTING.md for contributing guidelines.

We use ES6 JavaScript transpiled with Babel and enforced by Airbnb's eslint config.

License

Copyright MAGIC Spell Studios, 2017

See PEOPLE.md for a list of contributors.