hacktoberfest-leaderboard

This is the leaderboard application for the hacktoberfest summit. The application is kept simple so you can improve it with your own pull requests to help you contribute for the hacktoberfest.

The application is hosted on Heroku. Visit it here

Happy coding

How to test localy

The application is written in Ruby, using the Sinatra framework.

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Setup dev environment

First, you need to install an ruby interpretter, alongside with the gem ruby package management tool. Visit Ruby language website for more details.

You'll probably need an editor too. Notepad++ is a simple alternative, Visual Studio Code is a more advanced one.

Download bundler by running

    gem install bundler

If you're running behind a proxy, you'll need to set both environment variables HTTP_PROXY and HTTPS_PROXY

Running the app localy

Run

    bundle exec ruby leaderboard.rb

then browse to http://localhost

Usefull documents

• Sinatra usage
• Github_api usage