README

This is a simple game-hints application that uses Sinatra to run dictionary searches. The supported games are in the models directory.

run server locally with ruby application.rb

browser:

• http://localhost:4567/
• http://127.0.0.1:4567

Resources

• Docs: https://sinatrarb.com/intro.html
• Helpers: https://www.sitepoint.com/sinatras-little-helpers/
• Extensions: https://sinatrarb.com/extensions.html

If you want to use gems like pry in development only, you need to wrap them in an env flag like:

# application.rb

if settings.environment == :development
  require 'pry'
end

# or
require 'pry' if development?

Sinatra Tutorials

• https://www.honeybadger.io/blog/building-a-sinatra-app-in-ruby/
• https://webapps-for-beginners.rubymonstas.org/sinatra/hello_world.html
• https://medium.com/@mcdowpm/how-to-build-a-sinatra-app-2ac89fd058a0

Routing

• https://stackoverflow.com/questions/38574665/setting-root-route-in-sinatra

Stylesheets

• https://stackoverflow.com/a/12341301/5009528

Heroku

• https://blog.heroku.com/32_deploy_merb_sinatra_or_any_rack_app_to_heroku
• https://devcenter.heroku.com/articles/rack#sinatra
• https://medium.com/@isphinxs/deploying-a-sinatra-app-to-heroku-7944b024f77c
• https://puzzle-hints-0494e49572eb.herokuapp.com/
• https://git.heroku.com/puzzle-hints.git

Deploying to Heroku

• run heroku config:set RACK_ENV=production
• ensure any development gems are inside of an settings.environment == :development in the application.rb
• add a Procfile with web: bundle exec ruby application.rb -p $PORT

Testing

There are currently no tests for this application. When it is time to write tests, I will need to install rspec and include a Rakefile with test (and prod?) scripts.