To obtain a running instance

./run.sh -> http://localhost:8080/

for the autogenerated test db, log in as admin with password password

Dependencies

• mzscheme/racket 5.3.6 or 6.1.1 or so
• passlib
• pandoc 1.12.2.1 or 1.13.2 or so
• node 0.12

osx:

# git already installed
# manual download from http://racket-lang.org/
easy_install passlib
brew install pandoc
brew install node

digitalocean ubuntu droplet:

apt-get install git
apt-get install racket
apt-get install python-setuptools; easy_install passlib
apt-get install pandoc
# node already installed

What files are

part of arc

• ac.scm
• arc.arc
• as.scm: ./as.scm gives an arc repl but is otherwise unused (& modified a tiny bit)
• brackets.scm
• copyright
• libs.arc: modified a tiny bit
• pprint.arc
• strings.arc

part of arc but modified by us

• html.arc
• srv.arc
• app.arc (heavily modified)
• forum.arc (heavily modified)

other files are new entirely.

db format

• arc/admins: whitespace-separated list of admin usernames
• arc/fb_auth.json: {"id": "...", "secret": "..."}
• arc/topstories: dead @ 2015-04-01 - remove it if you see it

Misc

production: su forum; cd ~/research-forum; ./run.sh → https://agentfoundations.org/

(This site was developed using Arc, a lisp dialect writtend by Paul Graham, upon which Hacker News was built.)