• node.js. You can download it from nodejs.com, or install it through your favorite package manager (i.e. apt-get install node).

• Once node.js is installed, navigate to the root of this repository and run npm install to install all remaining dependencies.

  cd /my/repos/cardinal
  npm install
  

cd /my/repos/cardinal
npm start

Then navigate to http://localhost:8080 in your browser.

cd /my/repos/cardinal
npm run production 

All of Cardinal's logic is in the client, and it uses Google Firebase for the backend, so all you need is a static web server. Just upload the contents of /my/repos/cardinal/production to your favorite static web server (or use the suggestions from the 'Useful links' section below.

• Project Management: Cardinal on Trello
• Continuous Integration/Delivery/Deployment: Cardinal on Travis CI
• Chat: Cardinal on Slack. DM @mpiroc on twitter for access.
• Spaced repetition algorithm: SuperMemo 2 algorithm

These are the services that I use to host cardinal. If you're interested in hosting your own instance of Cardinal, this is a good place to start.

• Database: Firebase.
  • Important: If you create your own firebase database, be sure to set up your rules as described here.
• Hosting: Amazon Web Services. I host cardinal as a static website using:
  • Storage: S3
  • CDN: CloudFront
  • DNS: Route 53