MIRCS Geogenealogy

This repository contains the mircs-geogenealogy service prototype, built as a React web app connected to an ExpressJS server backed by MongoDB. For more information on the project see the MIRCS website.

Build Status

Develop branch deploys to: https://mircs-develop.herokuapp.com/

Development Environment

Node.js

The build scripts require Node.js to be installed - https://nodejs.org/. As Node.js updates frequently and different projects sometimes require specific versions to be installed, it is recommended that Node Version Manager be installed to switch between them - https://github.com/creationix/nvm.

Node.js ships with a tool called Node Package Manager (npm) - https://www.npmjs.com/ - which is required to run the build tools.

Running Locally

You'll need to run two shells, one for the client UI and one for the server.

Server

cd server
npm install
npm run watch

For more information, see the Server readme.

Client UI

cd react-app
npm install
npm run watch

For more information, see the React App readme.