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The goal if this project is to create a more user friendly method for browsing local ordinance enforcement (LOE) cases in Greensboro, NC. The extended goal is to provide a method for rescuing houses from being demolished, and to provide developers with the tools to reach out to the city about such properties.

This project is currently staged at a free account on Heroku: [loedashboard.herokuapp.com] (https://loedashboard.herokuapp.com/)

• This is a Ruby on Rails project
• This project uses an open data set available on the Greensboro City Open Data Portal

• Ruby v2.2 or higher (not tested in earlier versions)
• PostgreSQL database
• Socrata API key (See this site to register.)

1. Clone repository: git clone [email protected]:codeforgso/LOE_dashboard.git
2. Change directories: cd LOE_dashboard
3. Install gems: bundle install
   • If you are on a Mac and have trouble running this command, try this: ARCHFLAGS="-arch x86_64" bundle install
4. Setup config values:
   1. Copy sample config file: cp .env-sample .env
   2. Edit .env file. (to get the value for SECRET_KEY_BASE, run this command: bundle exec rake secret)
5. Setup database: bundle exec rake db:migrate RAILS_ENV=development
6. Seed the database (Note: this process takes many hours, as it makes API request in batches of 1,000): bundle exec rake db:seed RAILS_ENV=development

1. Run this command: bundle exec rake s
2. Visit this site http://localhost:3000

1. Setup the database: bundle exec rake db:migrate RAILS_ENV=test
2. Run the test: bundle exec rake spec