This will be web based application for Gentoo Recruiters team. To start testing application you should: 1.Install git. 1.1. External dependencies: app-crypt/gpgme 2.Get sources git clone git://git.overlays.gentoo.org/proj/recruiting-webapp.git to get accepted sources (recommended). Or if you want latest sources and don't mind fact that commit history will be rewritten a few times a day git clone git://github.com/ahenobarbi/Gentoo-Recruiters-App.git 3.Install gems. Application uses bundler to manage gems so you should install bundler gem install bundler and then use bundler to install other gems bundle install 4.Prepare configuration and databases. rake prepare You can pass db=sqlite3, db=postgres or db=mysql if you want rake to prepare database configuration for you. You can pass seed= if you want rake to seed you database with example data. 5. (Optional) You can run test I prepared by simply issuing rake 6. Start server ruby script/server it will be listening for connections on port 3000. Configuration In config/config.yml you can set: developer_data: check - Should developer data be checked (Gentoo join time for mentors) data - String with developer data to use (overrides uri) uri - URI from which developer data shall be obtained min_months_mentor_is_dev: 6 - Number of months mentor must spend as Gentoo Dev before [s]h can became a mentor seed: users_domain - Domain for emails of users from default seed There is example of this file in doc/config/config.yml. Seed If you want to edit seed remember you can use erb in db/fixtures/*.yml files.