Release Notes 4/24/17

New Software

- Setup live endpoint at http://healthitforward-new.us-east-1.elasticbeanstalk.com/ hosted on AWS
- Setup search funtion
- Cleaned code, removing unnecessary print statements or comments

Bug Fixes

Future Work

- Set endpoint to be http://www.healthitforward.com
- Get SSL certificate
- Implement video upload on posts
- Implement flagging feature for posts and comments

Install Guide

Prerequisites

• Python 2.7 and Pip
  • https://www.python.org/downloads/
  • When downloading Python 2.7 from this website, pip will be installed with it
• Virtualenv
  • Open a terminal window and run pip install virtualenv
  • Tutorial on how to open terminal on Windows or Mac OS

Dependent libraries that must be installed

• PostgreSQL
  • https://www.postgresql.org/download/

Download instructions

1. Clone the github repository

   • https://help.github.com/articles/cloning-a-repository/

2. Create virtual environment (specify path if default interpreter is python3):

   $ cd [HealthItForward/]
   $ virtualenv [-p path/to/python2.7] venv  

   (Note: anything in these blocks is meant to be run in terminal)

3. Activate virtual environment:

   Windows: $ venv\Scripts\activate

   Mac OS/Linux: $ source venv/bin/activate

Installation of actual application

1. Install python dependencies using requirements.txt: make sure virtual environment is activated

   $ venv/bin/pip install -r requirements.txt  

Run Instructions

1. Make sure virtual environment is activated, meaning the previous commands must have just been run in the same terminal window

2. $ cd django_site/
   $ python manage.py runserver  

Coding Conventions

Follow PEP8    
Use four spaces for python

Pushing changes to AWS

Authorized users should have the AWS account credentials. To push changes go to https://console.aws.amazon.com/elasticbeanstalk -> All Applications -> Environments -> django_site -> HealthItForward-new In Overview there should be an option to Upload and Deploy. Make sure to zip the root folder as django_site, NOT HealthItForward. after zipping, upload and the changes should be made.