Bob MacNeal bobmacneal

Node.js Deployment

Steps to deploy a Node.js app to DigitalOcean using PM2, NGINX as a reverse proxy and an SSL from LetsEncrypt

1. Sign up for Digital Ocean

If you use the referal link below, you get $10 free (1 or 2 months) https://m.do.co/c/5424d440c63a

2. Create a droplet and log in via ssh

I will be using the root user, but would suggest creating a new user

I Googled an upgrade guide and read two or three before starting. Useful information.

This page just lists the things I didn't find in the upgrade guides.

Asset pipeline

Static files Rails 4.2 doesn't serve static files by default, and config.serve_static_assets is deprecated. Instead you need to set the environment variable RAILS_SERVE_STATIC_FILES to true in the production environment.

Rspec

I upgraded to Rspec 3.2. Things to note:

Condensed iOS Human Interface Guidelines

Imperatives for AppStore approval

For iPhone app developers. Emphasis on getting the fastest app store approval. Everything stated as suggestion made into an imperative. When "violating" these imperatives, you can check for yourself what the caveats are. Generally speaking, deviating will more likely cause your app to be hung up in approval.

You can read this entire document in about 20 minutes. This is faster than reading and understanding the entire Human Interface Guidelines.

	# Assume we are in your home directory
	cd ~/

	# Clone the repo from GitLab using the `--mirror` option
	$ git clone --mirror [email protected]:mario/my-repo.git

	# Change into newly created repo directory
	$ cd ~/my-repo.git

	# Push to GitHub using the `--mirror` option. The `--no-verify` option skips any hooks.