Getting started

Prequisites

• Install the latest version of Nim.
• Install NodeJS (the version used in testing was v13.9.0).
• Install nvm.

Installing

For now, the easiest way to install Gerbil is to do the following:

1. Clone the repository:

git clone https://github.com/jasonprogrammer/gerbil

2. Run:

nimble install

This should make the gerbil executable ready for use.

Build the front-end files

Now that we've installed Gerbil, we need to build the front-end files in the web/ directory.

Run:

cd web
nvm use && npm install && npm start

Run the sample site

Next, open up another terminal window, navigate to the cloned directory, and run:

gerbil build && gerbil serve

If you see the following:

INFO Jester is making jokes at http://0.0.0.0:5000
Starting 50 threads
Listening on port 5000

then you should be able to open a browser, and navigate to http://localhost:5000 to browse the running site.

Once you've seen that the site is running, cancel the running process (<ctrl>-c) and let's create some content!

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