https://github.com/forem/irl.dev
There's nothing better than meeting your internet friends, IRL.
https://github.com/forem/irl.dev
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There's nothing better than meeting your internet friends, IRL.
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/forem/irl.dev
- Owner: forem
- Created: 2019-04-12T20:16:58.000Z (about 6 years ago)
- Default Branch: main
- Last Pushed: 2021-06-09T21:04:44.000Z (almost 4 years ago)
- Last Synced: 2025-01-09T05:45:38.925Z (5 months ago)
- Language: HTML
- Homepage: https://irl.dev
- Size: 5.39 MB
- Stars: 50
- Watchers: 7
- Forks: 6
- Open Issues: 20
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
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README
There's nothing more awesome than meeting your internet friends, IRL.
## About the Project
IRL.DEV is a site that features real-life events from volunteer members of the [DEV Community](https://dev.to).
It is built with [Gatsby](https://www.gatsbyjs.org/) and [Airtable](https://airtable.com/).
## Installation
Install Gatsby
```
npm install -g gatsby-cli
```
Clone the repository
```
git clone [email protected]:thepracticaldev/IRL.DEV.git
```
Change into the project
```
cd IRL.DEV
```
Install the dependencies
```
npm i
```
Set up a link to your development database. [Here](https://airtable.com/shrbYFEryJW3xEJYo) is the database, click the `copy base` button.
If you haven't generated you API key already go to https://airtable.com/account and generate your Airtable API key now.
Then, go to your copied base and look at its API documentation. If you go to the `help` button on the top right, and click on `API documentation`. Go to the `node.js` or `JavaScript` tab. You should see a line of code that looks like this:
```js
const base = require("airtable").base("your_base_id")
```
Click on `show API key` checkbox in the top right then copy the id from the `base` method.
Create an `.env` file with two variables. Set the `GATSBY_AIRTABLE_BASE` to your base key.
```
GATSBY_AIRTABLE_API_KEY=your_api_key
GATSBY_AIRTABLE_BASE=your_base_id
```
After checking `show API key` toggle, you'll also see your api key in a line of code that looks like this:
```sh
$ export AIRTABLE_API_KEY=your_api_key
```
Set the GATSBY_AIRTABLE_API_KEY in your `.env` to your API key.
Now you're ready to start developing!
```
gatsby develop
```
## Notes
- In order to see new events on the site, moderators have to check off the `approved` box in the Airtable base.
- In order to deploy new events, the site needs to be re-deployed. You can do this manually on Netlify or through pushing a code change.