This document provides 10 steps for updating the SydJS website hosted on GitHub and deployed to Heroku. It begins by explaining the purpose of GitHub for collaboration and Heroku as a platform for hosting apps. It then lists the 10 steps which include getting GitHub and Heroku accounts, installing dependencies, checking out the GitHub repository, writing code, adding tests, deploying to Heroku, and getting help if needed from documentation or the mailing list. The overall summary is how to contribute to the SydJS open source project and deploy updates to the live website.

1. SydJS.com for fun
and profit
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2. Also known as...

3. How to Update
SydJS.com
in
10 Easy Steps
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4. Step 1
Get a GitHub account.

5. What is GitHub?

6. What is GitHub?
“GitHub is the best way to participate in that
collaboration: fork projects, send pull requests,
create issues, and monitor development with all
of your public and private code.”

7. GitHub is
AWESOMESAUCE
FOR YOUR
OPENSOURCE

8. https://github.com/signup/free

9. Step 2
Get a Heroku account.

10. What is Heroku?

11. What is Heroku?
“Heroku provides a platform as a service (PAAS)
for building, deploying, and running cloud apps
using Ruby” [and now, NodeJS.]

12. Heroku is
PAAS
THAT IS
BADASS

13. Sorry about that.

14. https://api.heroku.com/signup

15. Step 3
Install the Heroku Ruby gem.

16. http://docs.heroku.com/heroku-command

17. Step 4
Email Lachlan: lachlan@lachstock.com.au

18. Also free!

19. I need to know:
- your GitHub username
- your Heroku username (it’s your email)

20. Step 5
Check out the repository on GitHub.

21. https://github.com/sydjs/sydjs

22. Step 6
Install the required libraries.

23. Node.JS: http://nodejs.org/

24. npm: http://npmjs.org/

25. Express: http://expressjs.com/

26. Step 7
Write code.

27. Preferably something from the TODO list.

28. https://github.com/sydjs/sydjs/blob/master/TODO.tasks

29. Step 8
Add tests.

30. Some people would suggest you reverse that.

31. Step 7
Add tests.

32. Step 8
Write code.

33. Step 9
Check it works locally.

34. node server.js

35. Step 10
Deploy to the server.

36. git remote add heroku git@heroku.com:appname.git

37. git push heroku master

38. Counting objects: 5, done.
Compressing objects: 100% (3/3), done.
Writing objects: 100% (3/3), 318 bytes, done.
Total 3 (delta 2), reused 0 (delta 0)
-----> Heroku receiving push
-----> Node app detected
Compiled slug size is 260K
-----> Launching... done
http://sydjs.com deployed to Heroku
To git@heroku.com:sydjs.git
b5d1969..4dfcc49 master -> master

39. Game over,
man, game over.

40. If you get lost...

41. Both services have great help documentation.

42. http://help.github.com/
Step 2: http://help.github.com/

43. http://docs.heroku.com/
Step 2: http://help.github.com/

44. And there is always the mailing list!

45. http://librelist.com/browser/sydjs/

46. Email sydjs@librelist.com to join.

47. If you want to help but get stuck...

48. And the mailing list can’t help...

49. Bring your laptop next meeting & I’ll hook you up.

50. The slides are at:
http://slideshare.net/lachlanhardy/sydjscom

51. Questions?