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The initialjs-rails gem hasn't been maintained for years, and it currently requires `railties < 7.0`, meaning we can't upgrade to Rails 7 while we depend on it. Since the code in the gem is simple, and we were already rewriting its most complex part (generating a background color), we can implement the same code, only we're using Ruby instead of JavaScript. This way, the avatars will be shown on browsers without JavaScript as well. Since we're adding a component test that checks SVG images are displayed even without JavaScript, we no longer need the test that checked images were displayed after AJAX requests. Now the tests show the user experience better; people don't care about the internal name used to select the initial (which is what we were checking); they care about the initial actually displayed. Note initialjs generated an <img> tag using a `src="data:image/svg+xml;` attribute. We're generating an <svg> tag instead, because it's easier. For this reason, we need to change the code slightly, giving the <svg> tag the `img` role and using `aria-label` so its contents won't be read aloud by screen readers. We could give it a `presentation` role instead and forget about `aria-label`, but then screen readers would read the text anyway (or, at least, some of them would).
CONSUL DEMOCRACY
Citizen Participation and Open Government Application
This is the opensource code repository of the eParticipation website CONSUL DEMOCRACY, originally developed for the Madrid City government eParticipation website, and currently maintained by the open source software community in collaboration with the CONSUL DEMOCRACY Foundation.
Documentation
Check the ongoing documentation to learn more about how to start your own CONSUL DEMOCRACY fork, install it, customize it and learn to use it as an administrator/maintainer.
CONSUL DEMOCRACY Foundation and project website
You can access the main website of the project at http://consuldemocracy.org where you can find information about the use of the platform, the CONSUL DEMOCRACY Foundation, the global community of users and local partners, news, and ways to get more support or get in touch.
Configuration for development and test environments
NOTE: For more detailed instructions check the docs
Prerequisites: install git, Ruby 3.2.3, CMake, pkg-config, shared-mime-info, Node.js 18.18.2 and PostgreSQL (>=9.5).
git clone https://github.com/consuldemocracy/consuldemocracy.git
cd consuldemocracy
bin/setup
bin/rake db:dev_seed
Run the app locally:
bin/rails s
Run the tests with:
bin/rspec
You can use the default admin user from the seeds file:
user: admin@consul.dev pass: 12345678
But for some actions like voting, you will need a verified user, the seeds file also includes one:
user: verified@consul.dev pass: 12345678
Configuration for production environments
See installer
Current state
Development started on 2015 July 15th. Code was deployed to production on 2015 september 7th to decide.madrid.es. Since then new features are added often. You can take a look at the current features at the project's website and future features at the Roadmap and open issues list.
License
Code published under AFFERO GPL v3 (see LICENSE-AGPLv3.txt)
Contributions
See CONTRIBUTING.md