Orb. News server.

How to build and deploy Orb

Java

1. Download and install JDK Java SE 7 from here

GAE

1. Create empty GAE application. It is described here;
2. Download latest GAE SDK from here;
3. Unzip it to some directory;
4. Create envinronment variable GAE_HOME and set it`s value to path where GAE SDK was unzipped.

Git

1. Download and install Git. I think you can use any Git you like. Git executable file is needed for build process.

Ant

1. Download and install Ant from here.

Source

1. Checkout repo ... ;
2. Find build.properties.template in project directory and copy it to new build.properties.local file;
3. Open build.properties.local in text editor;
4. Fill email;
5. Fill application.identifier;
6. Fill git.executable;
7. You may leave security.key, twitter.apiKey, twitter.apiSecret as is for now.
8. Save the changes.

Local run

1. Run dev_server.bat from project directory. Wait until server started;
2. You can test appliication by visit locahost:8080 in your browser. Actually it is fully functional application but without cron jobs because they are not supported by GAE development server;
3. If server started and application works you can stop it by Ctrl-C and deploy it on GAE server.

GAE deploy

1. Stop local server by Ctrl-C if it is run;
2. Run ant update from project directory and wait while it is completed;
3. Test your Orb server by visit %application.identifier%.appspot.com

If GAE deploy hangs

1. Stop it by Ctrl-C;
2. Run ant rollback from project directory;
3. Repeat GAE deploy steps.