week-6-day-4.md

README

• READMEs - every project must have a good README
  • Markdown
    • https://help.github.com/articles/markdown-basics
  • Heroku URL
  • set up instructions
  • what's the point, what's it called, what's weird about it vs other apps you've seen
  • https://github.com/thoughtbot/suspenders
  • https://github.com/thoughtbot/gitsh
• WTF is a websocket
  • push vs pull
  • full-duplex (draw on board)
  • pros/cons, devs have to think of tradeoffs
• Pusher
• Reading documentation
  • skim to find things that look relevant to you (i.e. not iOS)
• ENV variables
  • What is an ENV variable?
  • "Environment variables are a set of dynamic named values that can affect the way running processes will behave on a computer. They are part of the operating environment in which a process runs."
  • dotenv-rails

Let's make....Greetr!