Getting started

To run a local instance of the application:

1. Install Ruby 1.9.x http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/downloads/
2. Install Rubygems http://rubygems.org/
3. Install MongoDB http://www.mongodb.org/
4. Install Git http://git-scm.com/
5. Run Mongo
6. On the command line:

git clone git://github.com/global-pulse/oliver.git
cd oliver
gem install bundler
bundle install
rails server

To contribute code

1. Make sure you can run the application
2. Setup a GitHub account (if you don't already have one)
3. Request membership of the project team or fork your own copy
4. Sign up to an issue (or ask for one to get started)
5. Get cracking

Popular development tools for Ruby

1. RubyMine http://www.jetbrains.com/ruby/index.html
2. TextMate http://macromates.com/
3. vim http://www.vim.org/
4. emacs