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How to Update SydJS.com

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10 Easy Steps

Get a GitHub account.Step 1

What is GitHub?

What is GitHub?

“GitHub is the best way to participate in that collaboration: fork projects, send pull requests, create issues, and monitor development with all of your public and private code.”

AWESOMESAUCE FOR YOUR

OPENSOURCE

GitHub is

https://github.com/signup/free

Get a Heroku account.Step 2

What is Heroku?

What is Heroku?

“Heroku provides a platform as a service (PAAS) for building, deploying, and running cloud apps using Ruby” [and now, NodeJS.]

PAASTHAT ISBADASS

Heroku is

Sorry about that.

https://api.heroku.com/signup

Install the Heroku Ruby gem.Step 3

http://docs.heroku.com/heroku-command

Email Lachlan: lachlan@lachstock.com.auStep 4

Also free!

I need to know: - your GitHub username - your Heroku username (it’s your email)

Check out the repository on GitHub.Step 5

https://github.com/sydjs/sydjs

Install the required libraries.Step 6

Node.JS: http://nodejs.org/

npm: http://npmjs.org/

Express: http://expressjs.com/

Write code.Step 7

Preferably something from the TODO list.

https://github.com/sydjs/sydjs/blob/master/TODO.tasks

Add tests.Step 8

Some people would suggest you reverse that.

Add tests.Step 7

Write code.Step 8

Check it works locally.Step 9

node server.js

Deploy to the server.Step 10

git remote add heroku git@heroku.com:appname.git

git push heroku master

Counting objects: 5, done.Compressing objects: 100% (3/3), done.Writing objects: 100% (3/3), 318 bytes, done.Total 3 (delta 2), reused 0 (delta 0)

-----> Heroku receiving push-----> Node app detected Compiled slug size is 260K-----> Launching... done http://sydjs.com deployed to Heroku

To git@heroku.com:sydjs.git b5d1969..4dfcc49 master -> master

man, game over.Game over,

If you get lost...

Both services have great help documentation.

Step 2: http://help.github.com/

http://help.github.com/

Step 2: http://help.github.com/

http://docs.heroku.com/

And there is always the mailing list!

http://librelist.com/browser/sydjs/

Email sydjs@librelist.com to join.

If you want to help but get stuck...

And the mailing list can’t help...

Bring your laptop next meeting & I’ll hook you up.

http://slideshare.net/lachlanhardy/sydjscomThe slides are at:

Questions?