CFB Belt

Tracking the College Football Belt with Svelte and Mongoose.

Project Structure

• packages/data
  Scripts and utilities to fetch, process, and calculate the college football lineal championship lineage

• packages/svelte
  The Svelte app that displays the results

Data Source

All data is sourced from the excellent CollegeFootballData.com.

Live Website

Check out the live site: cfb-belt.com

Getting Started

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone https://github.com/jbinion/cfb_belt.git
   cd cfb_belt

2. Set up environment variables:

   Create .env files in both packages/data and packages/svelte by copying the provided .env.example files:

   cp packages/data/.env.example packages/data/.env
   cp packages/svelte/.env.example packages/svelte/.env

   Then, edit these .env files to add your API key and your MongoDB connection URI

3. Install dependencies & build models:

   pnpm install
   cd packages/models && npm run build

4. Run the data scripts (optional, for contributors):

   cd packages/data
   pnpm start

5. Start the website locally:

   cd packages/svelte
   pnpm dev

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! If you have ideas for new features or improvements, please feel free to open an issue or submit a pull request.