Draft Machine

Create and host sports drafts (for recreational leagues or potentially fantasy leagues) in live time.

Demo version available here (it may take a minute to load).

Tech used:

Server: Node, Express, Postgres, Sequelize, Socket IO

Client: React, Redux, Webpack/Babel, CSS (Styled Components), Socket IO Client, Jest, Enzyme

To run locally:

1. Install server dependencies: npm install

2. You will need to run your own local Postgres database and to fill out the database configuration in server/config.js accordingly.

3. Create and migrate your database: npm run migrate

4. Create .env file in the root directory and fill in the following env variables. Note that you will need to have your own credentials for the e-mail notifications service.

     # .env
   
     PORT=3001
     NODE_ENV=development
     SESSION_KEY=your_own_session_key
     SESSION_SECRET=your_own_session_secret
     SERVER_URL=http://localhost:3001
   
     # if using remote database
     DATABASE_URL=postgres://YOUR_POSTGRES_URL
   
     # to enable e-mail notifications
     MAIL_HOST=smtp.mailtrap.io
     MAIL_PORT=2525
     MAIL_USER=
     MAIL_PASS=
   

5. Install client-side dependencies and generate webpack bundle: npm run create-js-bundle-dev

6. Run server: npm start