A Node.js app using Express 4. Live on https://defi-dream-team.herokuapp.com/

This application supports the Getting Started on Heroku with Node.js article - check it out.

To run this on your local machine...

Make sure you have Node.js and the Heroku CLI installed.

Next, you want to clone this github project:

$ git clone https://github.com/s-almeda/defi-fa22.git

cd into the new directory, then install the node dependencies as follows:

$ npm install

Next, open up the file called index.js Find the block that says:

//IF RUNNING LOCALLY, (eg to test) UNCOMMENT THIS BLOCK:
const host = 'localhost';
const PORT =  8000; //specify that we want to run our website on 'localhost:8000/'

//If running locally, comment out the following line. Be sure to uncomment it before pushing to the web server.
//const PORT =  process.env.PORT;

Remove the forward slashes from lines 12 and 13 to uncomment them. Use '//' to comment out line 16. Now you're ready to run locally! Go back to your Command Line, and run:

$ npm start

Your app should now be running on localhost:8000. Any changes you make to the html/css/javascript should be reflected immediately. Be sure to recomment lines 12 and 13, then uncomment line 16 before you push changes to GitHub.

I'm not actually sure if this will work from your machines, but I believe that if you push changes to the GitHub they will be reflected on the live site. If not, I may have to run commands on my machine to get the live site to reflect updates. We can work it out! Pushing changes to github will look like the following:

$ git add CHANGEDFILENAME.txt 
$ git commit -m "describe your changes here"
$ git push

For more information about using Node.js on Heroku, see these Dev Center articles:

• Getting Started on Heroku with Node.js
• Heroku Node.js Support
• Node.js on Heroku
• Best Practices for Node.js Development
• Using WebSockets on Heroku with Node.js