Hospital-Resident Matching Service System

Prerequisites

• MySQL
• Node.js

Configuration

Assuming Node and MySQL has been installed, MySQL server started and the root password set according to app/connection.js, connect to the server by running the command below and entering the password

mysql -uroot -p

Then create the database and exit:

mysql> create database cs304project;

mysql> exit

To initialize the database, make sure require('./init-db.js') is not commented out in app/server.js. To not seed the database or stop adding more rows to tables with an auto increment primary key, comment out require('./seed-db.js') in app/init-db.js.

Launching the app

node app/server.js

Log in at http://localhost:1234 by using the right accounts in app/seed-db.js or by signing up.