Memcode

Flashcards for coders and scientists. Open-source, free for all.

Links

Website: memcode.com
Patreon: patreon.com/memcode
Email: contact@memcode.com
Twitter: twitter.com/memcodeapp
Alternative.to: alternativeto.net/software/memcode/about

Contributing

First of all - you are very welcome to contribute, Memcode is a joint effort.
Feel free to ask questions/propose features in github issues, or join our developer Slack (please write to contact@memcode.com to request access).

Note: if you'd like to use online development environment, see Gitpod.md. The steps below are for the local setup.

Create a database postgres user with a password.

1. Install PostgreSQL.
2. Go to postgres console: psql postgres.
3. Create a postgres user with password: CREATE ROLE postgres WITH LOGIN PASSWORD postgres;.
4. Give the user a permission to create dbs, own all extensions, etc.: ALTER ROLE postgres with superuser;.

Copypaste environment variables.

1. Either copy the example environment file with cp env.example.js env.js, and insert the required values yourself,
2. Or write to contact@memcode.com and I will send you a ready env.js file.
   In either case, you will need to insert your own DB_USER and DB_PASSWORD that you created in the previous step.

Install the needed libraries.

1. Install npm.
2. Run npm install

Set up the database.

1. Create a new development database 'memcode': make db-reset.
   This will create the raw database for you - schema, a few necessary database rows, and nothing else.
   If you would like a bigger database to have something to work with, please write to contact@memcode.com, and I will create a development dump for you.

Start code compilers and server.

1. Run make all in your terminal.
   This will start:

• make backend-webpack (compiles the backend code on every change)
• make frontend-webpack (compiles the frontend code on every change)
• make start (starts the node server)
  for you.
  You can also run these separately if you wish to see the individual output.

2. Go to http://localhost:3000, and enjoy the development!