Acebook

Running the application

• Make sure postgres is running
• createdb acebook
• brew install maven
• mvn install
• Open project in intellij
• Click the run button
• Hit http://localhost:4567/posts

Running the unit tests

• Make sure postgres is running
• createdb acebook-test
• Open project in intellij
• Go to tests and hit run button

Running the feature tests

• cd functional_tests
• bundle install
• brew cask install chromedriver
• rspec

Skills checklist

• I can create a new endpoint and render a static template view
• I can create a form which posts data to a new endpoint
• I can persist data from an endpoint into the database
• I can update the data model and database schema to include a new field

Recommended resources

• Spark docs
• Velocity template docs
• Velocity template blog post
• Velocity template + spark project example
• Flyway migrations (db schema management) docs