SettingUp

The general case:

  1. First, InstallCatalyst and all required modules.
  2. Check out a copy of SVN ( svn co http://svn.uwcs.co.uk/repos/website/trunk/UWCS/ ).
  3. If running at home, you will need to import some database snapshots.
  4. Start the server ( run script/uwcs_server.pl ).
  5. Browse to http://localhost:3000/ in your web browser.

For development purposes, it is easiest to run a copy on Backus. You will need an account on that server.

  1. Check out a copy of the SVN trunk in your Backus home directory.
  2. Run the built-in server on a different port ( e.g. script/uwcs_server.pl --port=3001 )
  3. You should now be able to browse to http://backus.uwcs.co.uk:3001/ directly, although the port may need to be un-firewalled

The advantage of this is that you get all the required Perl modules and the current database set up for free.