#Persistent Poplars

##Team

Product Owner: Michael Dwyer Scrum Master: Nate Graf Developement Team Members: Matt Goldwater, Sam He

##Synopsis

This app is designed to give employees a platform to organize anonymously and effect change within their organizations.

##Developement

###Dependencies

Node 7.0.0 MySQL 2.12.0 Express 4.14.0 React 15.4.1

Installing Dependencies

All dependencies are installed via NPM. Avoid using any other task managers as they may not be compatible with webpack.

From within the root directory:

npm install

Getting started

After installing dependencies, enter the following:

mysql.server start
mysql -u root -p

Press enter to forgo password, then from mysql shell:

CREATE database persistentPoplars;

Exit the mysql shell, now enter:

npm run dev

Now from another terminal tab you can start the server with:

npm start

##Roadmap

View the project roadmap here

##Contributing

See CONTRIBUTING.md for contribution guidelines.