ginomempin / coffeeshopph

Hobby project for learning how to develop and deploy web applications using Ruby on Rails and Heroku

CoffeeShopPH-Web

This is a Ruby on Rails web app for managing the operations of a café or a restaurant.

Environment

• Mac OS X 10.10.5 (Yosemite)
• Homebrew 0.9.5
• Ruby 2.2.4
• RVM 1.26.11
• Rails 4.2.2
• Heroku Toolbelt 3.42.25
• Heroku CLI 5.2.24

Setup

• HOW-TO setup Ruby and Rails
• HOW-TO run the application in Heroku
  • Create an account in Heroku
  • Install the Heroku Toolbelt
  • Switch to the production branch (i.e. master)
  • In your local copy of the project:
    • heroku login
    • heroku keys:add
  • Prepare the heroku remote
    • If the heroku app already exists: git remote add heroku <git-URL-of-app>
    • If creating the app for the first time: heroku create <app-name>
  • Verify that the heroku remote was created:
    • git remote -v
  • Push production code to heroku: git push heroku master
  • Access the page using its https://app-name.herokuapp.com URL

References

• The Ruby on Rails Tutorial 3rd ed. by Michael Hartl
• APIs on Rails by Abraham Kuri Vargas