Required software:

• node.js (or io.js) is installed (better 0.11.x or newer) Install latest node.js using npm install -g n; n latest as root/admin user
• npm is installed (minimum 2.0, check with npm --version. Upgrade to newer npm with npm install -g npm and make sure new npm is in PATH with higher priority than the old one.
• mongodb is installed

Highly recommended:

• gulp is installed (run npm install -g gulp as admin)

Optional:

• chrome and firefox (optional) are installed
• docker and docker-compose. Installation instructions - Ubuntu, Windows,

To run this project from terminal run the following command:

 npm install
 npm start

• MOST IMPORTANT: follow the existing code style
• Make sensible variable names
• Don't use git pull, use git pull --rebase or git up (git plugin) instead. You can run git config branch.master.rebase true to make git pull behave like git pull --rebase on project basis.
• Use commit names in format [SCOPE] explanation where SCOPE is a feature, subproject or component. Examples:
  • [build] Change gulp task
  • [front-end] added new feature
  • [hotfix] fixed mistake in previous commit
  • [test] added new tests
  • [travis] removed module
  • [heroku] changed env variables
• Use branches:
  • master branch for stable code synced from develop and bugfixes.
  • develop branch for code in development. Should be regularly merged into master
  • feature-branches for single features development. Should be merged into develop.
  • git tags on master branch to mark releases (like v0.4.3 or v1.0)

• git (version control)
• ES6/7 JavaScript (modules, async/await, classes, arrow functions etc...)
• Sails.JS (node.js MVC framework)
• npm (front-end dev. dependencies)
• gulp (front-end task-runner)
• vuejs (MVVM front-end framework)
• SystemJS (universal dependency loader)
• LESS (CSS replacement)
• travis (Continuous Integration)
• heroku (PaaS)
• gravatar (service for centralized user avatar (image) store)
• docker (deployment) (deployment)