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).

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. Copy the example environment file with cp env.example.js env.js
2. Insert the necessary values - all those marked with "Required for local development"

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!