Contests web application

This is a web application to manage contests, user's login/registration and participation in contests uploading audios.

Version 1

• Built on Ruby and Ruby on Rails.
• Bootstrap as a front-end framework.
• Uses local storage to store images and audios.
• Uses a relational database.

Assumptions

This application was created using:

• Ruby 2.5.3
• Rails 5.2.2
• Ubuntu 18.4
• MySQL 14.14

Prerequisites

1. Install Ruby on Rails, follow this link.
2. Install Git, follow this link.
3. Install MySQL, follow this link.

Instructions

1. Configure these environment variables:

Environment variable	Example	Description
CONTESTS_SERVER_URL	http://localhost:8000/	The server URL where web application is deployed
CONTESTS_DATABASE_HOST	localhost or 127.0.0.1	The database host
CONTESTS_DATABASE_USER	root	The database user
CONTESTS_DATABASE_PASSWORD	12345	The database password
CONTESTS_DATABASE_NAME	contests	The database name
CONTESTS_PATH_IMAGES	/home/images/	The path for images
CONTESTS_PATH_ORIGINAL_FILES	/home/audio/original/	The path where ORIGINAL audio files will be stored
CONTESTS_PATH_CONVERTED_FILES	/home/audio/converted/	The path where CONVERTED audio files will be stored

2. Go to bin/ folder.

3. Install the MySQL gem and dependencies:

sudo apt-get install libmysqlclient-dev
gem install mysql2

4. Install all the necessary gems and update the existing ones:

gem update
gem install rails
bundle install

5. Create database model:

rails db:migrate

6. Run the server:

rails server -p 8000

7. Go to your favorite web browser and type:

http://localhost:8000/

8. Enjoy.