Code-Spot

A real-time collaborative code editor with the power of Visual Studio Code.

I. Check it out here!

We also published an article on building a real-time collaborative code editor. Check it out here!

II. Development setup

1. (Optional) Download SQLite3 https://sqlite.org/download.html

2. Make sure you have ASP.NET Core 2.1 SDK and runtime: Installs via Visual Studio Installer or downloads at https://dotnet.microsoft.com/download/dotnet-core/2.1

3. Install the .NET Core CLI

dotnet tool install --global dotnet-ef --version 2.1

4. Create the local instance of the DB by running this command in the terminal

dotnet ef database update

Note: to drop the database, run the following command

dotnet ef database drop

5. This project was generated with Angular CLI version 8.3.9.

Install the Angular CLI using NPM (Node.js >= 10 required)

npm install -g @angular/[email protected] 

In the code-spot-client folder. Restore all NPM packages by running

cd ./code-spot-client
npm install

6. Start IIS Express server through Visual Studio IDE or run this command in the project's folder (Code-Spot-P2P)

cd ..
dotnet run

7. Run this command in the client's folder (code-spot-client).

cd ./code-spot-client
ng serve --open

Note: If you're using Windows and see this error cannot be loaded because running scripts is disabled on this system. For more information, see about_Execution_Policies at https:/go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=135170, run the following script and retry

Set-ExecutionPolicy -Scope CurrentUser -ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted

Navigate to http://localhost:4200/. The app will automatically reload if you change any of the source files.