Prototype Form

The project is a prototype of improved form design based on learnings from user research and usability testing with Austin Animal Center Foster Forms.

Install Jekyll

• A Ruby dev environment is a requirement in order to run Jekyll locally.

  • https://jekyllrb.com/docs/installation/#requirements

• (Optional) Install iTerm for a better Command Line App in OS X.

• (Optional) Install oh-my-zsh for a prettier command line interface and easier zsh configuration than bash.

  • sh -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.github.com/robbyrussell/oh-my-zsh/master/tools/install.sh)"

• Install homebrew (for better installation of OS X packages)

  • ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)"

• Install ruby-install for installing Ruby versions. (OS X comes with ruby 2.0.0, but its not the latest version and you may have to use the sudo command to do anything. Best to install a version manager like ruby-install + chruby to help with that.)

  • brew install ruby-install
  • ruby-install ruby 2.4

• Install chruby to switch ruby versions.

  • brew install chruby
  • chruby ruby 2.4

• Install jekyll to install Jekyll.

  • gem install jekyll

• Install dependencies

  • bundle install

Start Jekyll

Once you've got everything installed,

cd [directory_of_repo]

jekyll serve

Then go to

http://localhost:4000/

Deploy

The prototype lives at https://cityofaustin.github.io/prototypeform/.

The master branch of this repo is what gets deployed using Github Pages + Jekyll.rb.