client-project-team1

Initial setup

1. After cloning the repository, create a database named 'clientproject'. Make sure your login details are root/comsc for MySQL. If not, you need to edit both the build.gradle and the application.properties with the correct setup
2. Run gradle flywayClean in terminal
3. Run gradle flywayMigrate in terminal
4. To run the project run gradle bootRun. Accessible at http://localhost:8080
5. Repeat whenever testing out a new feature or making database migrations.

Auto rebuild

1. Run gradle build --continuous
2. Without closing the window run gradle bootRun in a separate window.

Configuring project

1. The configuration for the project is available in the application.properties file. It should be completely functional with any up-to-date MySQL database on any server.
2. The project can be accessed at http://localhost:8080. This is once again configurable through the application.properties file
3. The example details are user/123456 for users and admin/123456 for admins.
4. Unlisted features: http://localhost:8080/admin takes you to the admin page with an admin account, and http://localhost:8080/achievements takes you to the achievements screen
5. Make sure you switch the mailserver from mailtrap to an actual mailserver if planning on using this for an actual version.

Removing mock data

1. Truncate all the tables except the images and sample_images table

Configurations

1. Email validation and the way image ranking is calculated can be toggled in the configuration table in the database.

NOTE: THIS PROJECT HAS NOT BEEN TESTED ON MARIADB SO COMPATIBLITY CANNOT BE GUARANTEED.