3d-interface/README.md

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# 3D Interface
A prototype for a user-friendly 3D interface allowing to browse 3D scenes /
models written with Node.js.
It is hosted by [OpenShift](https://www.openshift.com/) at
[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 :
``` javascript
module.exports.url = ... // the url to connect to your database
module.exports.secret = ... // A secret string used to hash stuff
```
### Compiling the static js files
There are two ways to compile the static js files :
- either you don't mind not minifying the code, and you can use `compiler.sh` to compile
- or you absolutely want to minify the code, and you'll need
[closure-compiler](https://github.com/google/closure-compiler)
#### Compiling without minifying
To compile without minifying, simply run
```
make
```
in `static/js`.
#### Compiling and minifying
To compile and minify the js files, you have to run
```
make TYPE=RELEASE
```
If it doesn't work, check in the `Makefile` that the path to `closure-compiler.jar`
is correct.
#### Check if it worked
If it worked, you should see lots of files in `*.min.js` in your `static/js` directory.
### Running the 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
``` sh
npm install
node server.js
```
You should be able to go to [localhost:4000](http://localhost:4000) and see the result.