InternLabs (QUT INB302)

InternLabs connects students with employers and helps create successful internships.

Installation

1. Install Node.js, MongoDB, Redis and Elasticsearch
2. Clone this repo git clone https://github.com/smilledge/internlabs InternLabs
3. Install required packages npm install (run inside of InternLabs folder)
4. Make sure you have nodemon installed globally npm install -g nodemon (automatically restarts node applications when developing)
5. Copy example config and update if required cp config/app.json.example config/app.json
6. Compile LESS / JS and watch for changes grunt -v --force
7. Start MongoDB server mongod
8. Start Redis server redis-server
9. Start elasticsearch server
10. (Optional) Seed mongo / elasticsearch with some sample data scripts/seed
11. Start node.js server npm start or nodemon index.js

Notes

• Backend will be developed using Express.js (Using Kraken.js as a foundation)
• MongoDB will be used for the database
• Redis will be used as a session store
• Frontend will be developed using Angular.js and Bootstrap
• Passport.js will be used for user authentication
• Elasticsearch will be used for searching