# vchess-server
-## Resources
+Instructions to run the server locally.
- - Node.js,
- - Express,
- - Other npm packages (see package.json),
+## Requirements
-## Installation (for developers)
+ - Node.js + npm (any recent version)
+ - SQLite (version 3)
- 0. Install git-fat https://github.com/jedbrown/git-fat
- 1. git fat init && git fat pull
- 2. Execute db/\*.sql scripts to create and fill db/vchess.sqlite
- 3. Rename and edit config/parameters.js.dist into parameters.js
- 4. npm i && npm start
+## Installation
+
+ 1. Execute db/\*.sql scripts to create and fill db/vchess.sqlite
+
+```
+cd server/db
+sqlite3 vchess.sqlite.db
+sqlite> .read create.sql
+sqlite> .read populate.sql
+sqlite> .exit
+```
+
+ 2. Rename and edit `config/parameters.js.dist` into `config/parameters.js`
+
+ 3. Install npm modules
+
+ ```
+ npm install
+ ```
+
+ ## Running
+
+```
+npm start
+```