want to hear more about what we're up to, blanche yourself to the
public list **clockworks-announce**.
+## Getting started
+
+Clockworks is in pre-pre-alpha phase; most of the functionality hasn't been done yet.
+
+The best way to get started with Clockworks is to get yourself added to the project, grab a copy of the code, get it running on your laptop, and then poke around the source code. We also have a Hiveminder project with bite-sized tasks that you can work on (ping a project maintainer to get invited.)
+
+First, make sure you have Git installed on your system. You can grab it [here](http://git-scm.com/download). Verify that it installed by popping open a terminal and running **git --version**
+
+Next, grab the source code. If you have Debathena installed on your machine, you can clone the source using **git clone /mit/clockworks/clockworks.git**. If not, you can use a dialup to get to the directory; **git clone ssh://username@linerva.mit.edu/mit/clockworks/clockworks.git** works well. If the clone succeeds, you will now have a folder named "clockworks". **cd clockworks**
+
+Now, to install the application. Assuming that you have a reasonable version of Python on your system, running **./nosudo-virtualenv.sh** should set up the environment. If it succeeds, you'll see the help output for a command named paster.
+
+Run the application by changing into your environment with **source tg2env/bin/activate** and then typing **paster serve development.ini**. And voila; a very boilerplate TurboGears install should be facing you at http://localhost:8080
+
+The stage is yours.
+
## Development info
Our Git repository is located in AFS in the clockworks locker: /mit/clockworks/clockworks.git
sipb-www / wiki.git / blobdiff