Chemistry Cafe

ChemistryCafe is a web application built with React, Vite, and TypeScript. The app uses various libraries and frameworks such as MUI, Axios, and styled-components to provide a seamless and modern user experience. This README provides information about the application and how to run the code locally.

Getting Started

Installing chemistry-cafe locally

1. Required: To build and install chemisty-cafe locally, you must have:

   • dotnet
   • Node.js
   • Docker

2. Clone the repository: Open a terminal window, navigate to a folder where you would like the Chemistry Cafe files to exist, and run the following commands:

   git clone https://github.com/NCAR/chemistry-cafe.git
   cd chemistrycafe
   

3. Install dependencies for frontend:

   cd frontend
   npm install
   cd ..

4. Install dotnet(macOS)

   brew install dotnet
   

Running Chemistry Cafe with Docker Compose

You must have Docker Desktop installed and running. With Docker Desktop running, open a terminal window. To build the project run:

docker compose up --build

When finished, run:

docker compose down

Note: To view changes, you must run the docker compose down and then run the project again.

Running Chemistry Cafe Locally

You must open 3 terminals and run the following commands in each:

Terminal 1

cd backend
dotnet run

Terminal 2

cd frontend
dotnet npm run dev

Terminal 3

docker compose up mysql

License

• Apache 2.0

Copyright (C) 2018-2024 National Center for Atmospheric Research