README.md

Web Development Workshop: IEEE Beatz

Your music, your way.

Requirements

You'll need a few things to get started.

1. A laptop with an internet connection.
2. Something to eat, because learning is best done of a full stomach.

References

Keep these handy. They contain the documentation required to understand how the project works.

• Google: It's really useful. Prefix your searches with the language you're using, such as "html", "css", "js", or "nodejs"
• Google Polymer Documentation: It's a little dense sometimes, but if you're looking for something specific related to Polymer it's probably here.
• Web Components: Contains a list of Polymer-compatible elements
• Mozilla Developer Network (HTML/CSS/JS Documentation): An excellent guide for specific documentation related to the web
• NodeJS Documentation: The official NodeJS documentation, containing all functions that NodeJS can provide
• StackOverflow: If you can't find what you want anywhere else... look here

Setup and Instructions

Let's get started! Make sure you meet the Requirements above first then continue below.

Go to https://github.com/ieee-utd/ieee-beats/wiki to get started!

Running the App

You'll need two terminal windows to run the app.

1. Run node app.js inside the api folder.
2. Run polymer serve --port 8000 inide the ui folder.

Then, go to localhost:8000 in your web browser. You should see a very basic site!

To verify the API is working, go to localhost:5000/api in your web browser.