Uploading rails project to web using Git, Bitbucket and Heroku

Tutorial Title: Uploading rails project to web using Github and Heroku

Course: Web Engineering

Instructor: Muhammad Samim

Note: Copy and paste commands in terminal after dollar sign ($)

1. Installing gedit plugins

Press Ctrl + Alt + t to open terminal
$ sudo apt-get install gedit-plugins

2. Making some changes in gedit to make it more programmers friendly

Type gedit in terminal
Maximize gedit
Click on "Edit"
After clicking on "Edit" click on "Preferences"
Check "Display line number"
Check "Display right margin at column and set it 80
Check "Highlight current line"
Check "Highlight matching brackets"
Click on "Editor tab"
Set Tab width: 2 spaces
Check "Enable automatic indentation"
Click on "Plugins tab"
Check "Bracket Completion"
Check "Embeded Terminal"
Check "File Browser Panel"
Check "Multi Edit"
Check "Code Comment"
Check "Find in Files"

3. Installing Git

$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install git-core

4. Configuring git (You should have account of github if you don't have then visit https://github.com/ and make an account)

git config --global user.name "YOUR USER NAME"
git config --global user.email "YOUREMAIL"

6. go to your project folder > Right click > Open terminal and make sure that your home page is made by you to be displayed on the first screen on heroku if not then follow the steps.

rails generate controller Welcome index
go to your app directory/app/config/routes
now add root 'welcome#index' and save
now go to your app directory app/view/welcome/index.html.erb
and replace code with
<h1> Uploading project on Heroku </h1>
and save it

7. Adding rails project to git ( You must be in project directory)

$ git init

8. Adding all file and changes to git

$ git add .

9. Committing changes files to server

$ git commit -m 'initial commit'

10. Uploading rails project to github.com

Go to link https://github.com/
Sign in
Click on sign + right up
Click on "New repository"
Type Repository name
Click on "Create"
Click on Create repository

11. Type the following commands (You must be in rails project directory)

$ git remote add origin http://github.com/yourUserName/YouRepository.git
$ git push -u origin master
Type your user name of github
Type your password
Enter

12. Application has been uploaded to GitHub now.
To check the changes and updates

$ git status
$ git add -A
$ git push origin master

13. Adding and uploading rails project to Heroku

14. Add gem file in Gemfile of your project

app directory/app/Gemfile
copy and paste the following gemfile in the end of line.
gem 'rails_12factor', group: :production
open your terminal and type $ bundle install
Check your ruby version by typing command $ ruby -v
your version on terminal after command must be like ruby 2.3.1 you need to type it like ruby "2.3.1" in your Gemfile of your project
and save

15. Deploying your project on Heroku