TrialConnect ======

The RapidSMS TrialConnect project. A system for supporting clinical trials with SMS reminders and outreach.

We are using git-flow to help manage our development process.

Learn how to use git-flow at:

http://jeffkreeftmeijer.com/2010/why-arent-you-using-git-flow/

You can download and install git-flow from:

https://github.com/nvie/gitflow

Learn more about the methodology behind it at:

http://nvie.com/posts/a-successful-git-branching-model/

Prerequisites:

• A Linux-based development environment including Python 2.6. Ubuntu 10.04 or later is recommended. At present, Windows-based environments are not actively supported.

• PostgreSQL and the appropriate Python bindings (psycopg2). In Debian-based distributions, you can install these using apt-get, e.g.:

  sudo apt-get install postgresql python-psycopg2 libpq-dev

• The following additional build dependencies:

  sudo apt-get install libxslt1-dev libxml2-dev

• CouchDB is required for logging and audit tracking purposes:

  sudo apt-get install couchdb

See

http://wiki.apache.org/couchdb/Installing_on_Ubuntu

for more information about couch.

• Install pip and virtualenv, and make sure virtualenv is up to date, e.g.:

  easy_install pip
  pip install -U virtualenv
  pip install -U virtualenvwrapper

• Install git-flow (see above).

To setup a local development environment, follow these steps:

1. Clone the code from git, checkout the develop branch, and initialize git-flow:

   git clone git@github.com:afrims/afrims.git
   cd afrims
   git checkout develop
   git flow init # just accept all the default answers

2. Create a Python virtual environment for this project:

   mkvirtualenv --distribute afrims-dev
   workon afrims-dev

3. Install the project dependencies into the virtual environment:

   ./bootstrap.py

4. Create local settings file and initialize a development database:

   cp localsettings.py.example localsettings.py
   createdb afrims_devel
   ./manage.py syncdb

5. Update the submodules:

   git submodule init
   git submodule update

6. In one terminal, start RapidSMS router:

   mkdir logs
   ./manage.py runrouter

7. In another terminal, start the Django development server:

   ./manage.py runserver

8. Open http://localhost:8000 in your web browser and you should see an Installation Successful! screen.

1. Sync the production server with network (or otherwise correct) time e.g. using NTP.
2. Set the TIME_ZONE setting in Django to reflect the right time zone.
3. Specify the default language for SMS (where?)
4. Update the django EMAIL settings so that email reports don't get sent from webmaster@localhost