EXAM Quickstart for developers

1. Prerequisites: install SBT, Java (25), Node (>= 18) and PostgreSQL (>= 9.4).

2. Create PostgreSQL database

   $ createuser -SPRD exam
   $ createdb exam --owner=exam
   

   For tests

   $ createdb exam_test --owner=exam
   

   Requires that you have pg_hba.conf set up to accept local connections etc.
   Note that you can configure database related parameters (and others) in the dev config file (/conf/dev.conf)

3. Get frontend dependencies and start frontend application in development mode

   $ npm install
   $ npm start
   

4. In another tab or window start sbt console and run backend application in development mode

   $ sbt -Dconfig.file=conf/dev.conf -jvm-debug 9999 -mem 2048
   [exam] $ run
   

   This opens up a debug port at 9999 and allocates 2 Gb of heap memory for the JVM.

5. Open http://localhost:4200 in your browser. Accept the database migrations in case you see a prompt.

More information

For more information see official installation instructions (in Finnish only)