Build and run locally

Overview

This page assumes you have already finished following the First-time setup instructions.

Steps

1. (Optional) If you will be doing file uploads, launch the Azurite storage emulator from "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Community\Common7\IDE\Extensions\Microsoft\Azure Storage Emulator\azurite.exe"
2. Make sure Server.Core is your start-up project
3. Make sure your run/play button is set to IIS Express
4. Hit the run button
   
5. If everything worked, it should take you to the main index.cshtml page, which is a static html that gives a list of all our other puzzle events.

Creating your own event to test with

1. Go to http://localhost:44319/events
2. Click Create New with demo content
   
3. You can now test out your code!
   Note that you can switch roles by clicking on the event name on the upper left hand corner and switching between "Admin", "Author", and "Player" mode