comp730:MeAndYou Demo Notes


 * Return to MeAndYou Project

=2017 Demo Notes=

Start a demo and sign up

 * 1) Open RDP session
 * 2) Connect to lamp.unh.edu
 * 3) Login as Administrator
 * 4) Open XAMPP Control Panel
 * 5) Start Apache
 * 6) Start MySQL
 * 7) Open Mozilla Firefox
 * 8) Navigate to localhost/meandyou2/
 * 9) Use Get Started option to create account
 * 10) Sign up for demo account

Search for crush

 * 1) Start Mozilla Firefox
 * 2) Navigate to localhost/meandyou2/
 * 3) After creating account login click Search For Someone
 * 4) Select Crush option
 * 5) Enter as much information but this is the requirement for match:
 * 6) *First Name
 * 7) *Last Name
 * 8) *Gender
 * 9) *Birthdate
 * 10) *State
 * 11) *Email

=2016 Demo Notes=


 * Notes from May 25th demo:
 * Login as Admin or your account if one created
 * XAMPP should be running
 * (Optional) Adjust thresholds and weights in settings.txt file
 * Note: above file is not formatted for Windows, recommend WordPad


 * Start scheduled task to run batch file to call and log javac call
 * Navigate to Start -> Administrative Tools -> Task Scheduler
 * Click on left of window on Task Scheduler Library
 * In middle box, click on MeAndYour Search Task
 * In bottom of right window (Selected Item) click on Enable


 * Run website
 * Start Mozilla
 * Navigate to localhost/meandyou/index.php
 * Enter 2 users that will search for each other
 * Use Get Started option to create account
 * After creating account login click Search For Someone, use Crush option
 * To avoid known errors, enter all fields
 * Wait > 1 minute for scheduler to run Java program
 * Refresh page
 * Click View Matches, if match found email will be displayed


 * Shutdown
 * Go to Task Scheduler
 * Disable MeAndYou Search scheduled task
 * Note: Batch file is creating log file, avoid out of control file


 * Debug Notes
 * In one command window start mysql
 * >mysql -u root meandyou
 * MariaDB [meandyou]>select * from searches; <- to view searches
 * MariaDB [meandyou]>select * from matches; <- to view matches
 * MariaDB [meandyou]>truncate matches; <- to delete contents of table, useful for rerun of matches
 * MariaDB [meandyou]>show tables; <- to view table names in database
 * MariaDB [meandyou]>describe matches; <- to view schema of table, use valid table name
 * In another command window change directory to c:\Software
 * >java -jar MeAndYou.jar (will display some of the matching info)
 * After running program go to mysql command window to view tables
 * To exit database
 * MariaDB [meandyou]>exit