diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 9babbbaa82..69dbd86e34 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -307,7 +307,6 @@ without minifying or concatenating. When you deploy your app, it will run in `pr **connect-assets** will automatically serve a single concatenated + minified `application.js`. For more information see [Sprockets-style concatenation](https://github.com/adunkman/connect-assets/#sprockets-style-concatenation) - ### I am getting MongoDB Connection Error, how do I fix it? That's a custom error message defined in `app.js` to indicate that there was a connection problem to MongoDB: ``` @@ -319,6 +318,12 @@ As the message says, you need to have a MongoDB server running before launching [mongodb.org/downloads](mongodb.org/downloads), or install it via a package manager ([Homebrew](http://brew.sh/) on Mac, **apt-get** on Ubuntu, **yum** on Fedora, etc.) +### I get an error when I deploy my app, why? +Chances are you haven't changed the *Dabatase URI* in `secrets.js`. If `db` is set to `localhost`, it will only work +on your machine as long as MongoDB is running. When you deploy to Heroku, OpenShift or some other provider, you will not have MongoDB +running on `localhost`. You need to create an account with [MongoLab](http://mongolab.com) or [MongoHQ](http://mongohq.com), then create a free tier database. See **Deployment** (coming soon) section for more information on how to +setup an account and a new database step-by-step with MongoLab. + ### Why Jade and not Handlebars template engine? When I first started this project I didn't have any experience with Handlebars. Since then I have worked on Ember.js apps and got myself familiar with the Handlebars syntax. While it is true Handlebars is easier, because it looks like good old HTML, I have no regrets picking Jade over Handlebars. First off, it's the default template engine in Express, so someone who has built Express apps in the past already knows it. Secondly, I find `extends` and `block` to be indispensable, which as far as I know, Handlebars does not have out of the box. And lastly, subjectively speaking, Jade looks much cleaner and shorter than Handlebars, or any non-HAML style for that matter.