Remove versioned database and add quickstart script instead

.travis.yml

@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ before_script:
 script:
 - flake8 . --exclude '*/migrations,docs,static' --ignore E128
 - py.test memopol representatives_positions representatives_recommendations
-- rm -rf db.sqlite
 - django-admin migrate
 after_success:
 - codecov

bin/quickstart.sh

+#!/bin/bash
+
+#
+# Quick-start script for new developers
+# Usage: from repo root, `source bin/quickstart.sh`
+#
+
+set -e
+
+REPOROOT=$(dirname $(dirname $0))
+
+# Ensure we're at the root of the memopol repository
+pushd $REPOROOT >/dev/null
+
+# Create & activate python virtual environment
+virtualenv memopol_env
+source memopol_env/bin/activate
+
+# Install python dependencies
+pip install -e .[testing]
+
+# Install client dependencies
+bin/install_client_deps.sh
+
+# Setup environment
+export DJANGO_DEBUG=True
+export DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE=memopol.settings
+
+# Run django migration to create database
+./manage.py migrate
+
+# Import sample data
+./manage.py loaddata memopol/fixtures/smaller_sample.json
+
+echo
+echo "You're all set!"
+echo "To start the application run the following from the repository root ($REPOROOT):"
+echo "  source memopol_env/bin/activate"
+echo "  export DJANGO_DEBUG=True DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE=memopol.settings"
+echo "  ./manage.py runserver"
+echo
+echo "If you make changes, don't forget to run tests using:"
+echo "  flake8 . --exclude '*/migrations,docs,static' --ignore E128"
+echo "  py.test memopol representatives_positions representatives_recommendations"
+echo
+echo "Happy hacking ;)"
+echo
+
+popd >/dev/null

docs/development.rst

@@ -6,10 +6,23 @@ Local development tutorial
           decisions.
 
 This tutorial drives through a local installation of the project for
-development on Linux. It requires git, a fairly recent version of nodejs (see
-:file:`.openshift/action_hooks/deploy` for a way to install it), python2 and
+development on Linux. It requires git, a fairly recent version of python2 and
 virtualenv.
 
+Quickstart
+==========
+
+You can skip the instructions below and just use the quickstart script. To do
+so, first clone the repository, cd into the repository root and source the
+quickstart script:
+
+    $ git clone https://github.com/political-memory/political_memory.git
+    $ cd political_memory
+    $ source bin/quickstart.sh
+
+If you want more control, you can follow the steps below or have a look at what
+the quickstart script does.
+
 Make a virtual environment
 ==========================