Compiling a Web Development Environment on macOS

Overview

Instructions for compiling/installing your own web development environment in macOS; primary packages include:

• Apache
• Git
• GraphicsMagick
• Memcached
• MongoDB
• MySQL
• Node.js
• PHP
• Redis
• Ruby

This website is built with Middleman.

Environment Variables

Environment variables required to build and deploy the website:

• GAUGES: Tracking code for Gauges.

Install

• Install Ruby (if missing)
• Install gems : bundle install --path .bundle

Rake

Make sure the aforementioned environment variables are available before generating the website.

• Build website: bundle exec rake build
• Watch website for changes: bundle exec rake guard
• Launch preview server: bundle exec rake preview

Deploy

Push to GitHub to deploy to GitHub Pages.

• Build: GAUGES=<site-id> bundle exec rake build (replace with Gauge’s site ID.)
• Stage: git add .
• Commit: git commit -m "Build website for GitHub Pages"
• Deploy: git push

Message

To add a message at the top of any page, add a frontmatter variable named message to any Markdown source file.

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