kerryb / connect4

Connect 4 Tournament Server

Connect 4 Tournament Server

A server to run a coding contest based around the game of Connect 4.

The idea is that developers/pairs/teams sign up on the site, are given a unique URL, then compete in a tournament against each other by writing programs that interface with a simple HTTP API.

Getting Started

• Install appropriate versions of Erlang and Elixir (if you use ASDF you can just run asdf install)
• Install PostgreSQL, eg brew install postgresql
• Run make setup

Running the Build

Just run make.

Setup and Deployment

Server Setup

There’s a setup script to get things installed on a CentOS/OEL 7 server. Temporarily check the project out on the server (or just copy the setup directory) and run setup/setup-server.sh, then follow the manual steps printed out at the end.

Building and Deploying Releases

Update the VERSION file and commit it, then run make release.

To deploy to the server, run make deploy (this assumes ssh access to the connect4 user on the server).

Standard Phoenix Stuff

To start your Phoenix server locally:

• Run mix setup to install and setup dependencies
• Start Phoenix endpoint with mix phx.server or inside IEx with iex -S mix phx.server

Now you can visit localhost:4000 from your browser.

Ready to run in production? Please check our deployment guides.

Learn more

• Official website: https://www.phoenixframework.org/
• Guides: https://hexdocs.pm/phoenix/overview.html
• Docs: https://hexdocs.pm/phoenix
• Forum: https://elixirforum.com/c/phoenix-forum
• Source: https://github.com/phoenixframework/phoenix