stonegao / ChicagoBoss

Erlang web MVC, now featuring Comet

Getting Started With Chicago Boss

Quickstart

make
make app PROJECT=mynewproject
cd ../mynewproject
./start-dev.sh

Then visit http://localhost:8001/ in your browser.

There will be a lot of PROGRESS REPORTs but everything should be running smoothly.

Dependencies

• Erlang R13A or later -

  http://www.erlang.org/download.html

  • Check with erlang:system_info(otp_release).

• On Windows Vista or Windows 7 -

  1. you need install win openSSl (http://www.slproweb.com/products/Win32OpenSSL.html)
  2. make mochiweb with msys or cygwin

Upgrades

See README_UPGRADE

Database Setup

See README_DATABASE

Developer Documentation

See the FAQ and API files located at

http://www.chicagoboss.org/

If you need help getting started, check out "An Evening With Chicago Boss":

http://www.evanmiller.org/chicago-boss-guide.html

There's also the mailing list:

http://groups.google.com/group/chicagoboss