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-# ibt2
+# ibt2 - I'll be there, 2
 
-> I'll be there, 2
+**I'll be there, 2** is an oversimplified application to register attendees at a conference or event.
 
-## Build Setup
+## Run, develop and debug
 
+To run it:
 ``` bash
-# install dependencies
+# install dependencies (one time only)
 npm install
 
+# build for production with minification (one time only)
+npm run build
+
+# run the Python webserver at localhost:3000
+npm run server
+```
+
+To run a development environment:
+``` bash
+# install dependencies (one time only)
+npm install
+
+# run the Python web server using a testing database
+npm run devserver &
+
 # serve with hot reload at localhost:8080
 npm run dev
-
-# build for production with minification
-npm run build
 ```
 
-For detailed explanation on how things work, checkout the [guide](http://vuejs-templates.github.io/webpack/) and [docs for vue-loader](http://vuejs.github.io/vue-loader).
+Technological stack
+===================
+
+- [VueJS](https://vuejs.org/) for the webApp
+- [Vue Material](https://vuematerial.github.io/) for the UI components
+- [Tornado web](http://www.tornadoweb.org/) as web server
+- [MongoDB](https://www.mongodb.org/) to store the data
+
+The web part is incuded; you need to install Tornado, MongoDB and the pymongo module on your system (no configuration needed).
+
+
+License and copyright
+=====================
+
+Copyright 2016-2017 Davide Alberani <da@erlug.linux.it>, RaspiBO <info@raspibo.org>
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+