Developing Betasac.org, an open source app for the beta testing community

Betasac is an open source Node.js using Express.js 3.x, MongoDB, Redis. See it on GitHub.

It is a free online community for sharing and promoting apps while they are in alpha or beta testing.

Getting setup

You'll need Redis, hosted locally or in the cloud. 

Suggested Redis providers

• Redis4You
• RedisToGo

You'll also need MongoDB, again hosted locally or in the cloud.

Suggested MongoDB providers

• MongoHQ
• MongoLab

Node.js version 8.x+ must be installed.

Clone the repository from github:

git clone https://github.com/ruffrey/betasac.git && cd betasac

Make sure the packages are installed.
(sudo where applicable) npm install

Put your settings in the betasac/config.js file.

Start the app:
node app.js

You should see a printout of the configs and then after a few seconds an indication of a successful MongoDB connection.

That's it!

Betasac community is live: check out apps before they are released

Connecting early adopters and developers

Betasac provides a simple online format for developers and others to post classified notices about their app while it is beta.

Developers win because they can get publicize their app in a fair environment. It's fast and free to post a beta test on Betasac.

Early adopters win because they can find apps before they go live and give them a test run. You do not need an account to browse apps.

Betasac is open source

The source for Betasac is hosted on github. Anyone can get involved. Fork it!

Check it out

Go to betasac.org to check it out.