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[3dinterface.no-ip.org](http://3dinterface.no-ip.org).
## To run a local server
### Database setup
First you need to configure the database. You can create a postgres database
where you want, and you can initialize it by running the script
`sql/backup.pgsql`.
### Nodejs configuration
Then, you have to set up nodejs to access to your database. Basically, you have
to create a file `private.js` at the root of the repository looking like this :
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module.exports.secret = ... // A secret string used to hash stuff
```
### Compiling the static js files
Once this is done, you have to generate the static javascript files. To do this,
you should go to the directory `js` at the root and run `make`. You will need to
have[closure-compiler](https://github.com/google/closure-compiler) on your machine.
If it doesn't work, check in the `Makefile` that the path to `closure-compiler.jar`
is correct.
This will generate lots of `*.min.js` in `static/js`.
### Running a local server
As usual with NodeJS, it's quite easy to test. Just ensure you have `node`
installed on your machine, clone this repo somewhere, and then, in the repo do