Flashcards, but smarter
SmartyCards is a free, collaborative platform for studying with digital flashcards, quizzes, and games. Any student, faculty, or staff at any University of Minesota campus can use SmartyCards.
- Sign in: smartycards.cla.umn.edu
- Learn more: umn-cla.github.io/smartycards
- Multiple media types: text, image, audio, video, math (LaTeX), embeds
- Easy collaboration. Make and share decks with friends and colleagues.
- Hints: add mnemonics to cards to help remember
- Practice with spaced repetition: learn new content more quickly
- Play matching games
- AI generated practice quizzes
- Web based – no app to download
- Free!
- Made by UMN College of Liberal Arts, by the people who brought you ChimeIn, Z, and Elevator.
Prereqs:
- PHP
- Docker
- NodeJS
# Create a .env file
cp .env.example .env
# add credentials to env
code .env
# copy auth.json.example to auth.json
# this is needed for installing Laravel Nova
cp auth.json.example auth.json
# add Laravel Nova license info
code auth.json
# Install php dependencies
docker run --rm \
-u "$(id -u):$(id -g)" \
-v "$(pwd):/var/www/html" \
-w /var/www/html \
laravelsail/php83-composer:latest \
composer install --ignore-platform-reqs
# Build
sail build
# Start Sail
sail up
# migrate the database
sail artisan migrate:fresh --seed
# Generate Key
sail artisan key:generate
# Directory Permissions
sail artisan storage:link
sail artisan config:clear
# install npm dependencies
npm install
## start vite
npm run dev
We use deployer to deploy to an environment:
dep deploy <environment> --branch <branchname>| environment | host |
|---|---|
| dev | cla-smartycards-dev.oit.umn.edu |
| stage | cla-smartycards-tst.oit.umn.edu |
| prod | cla-smartcards-prd.oit.umn.edu |
Server configuration is managed via UMN CLA's Ansible Playbook.
Docs use vitepress and are found in ./docs.
# develop docs locally
npm run docs:dev
# deploy docs
npm run docs:deploy