blattmann / meanapp

MEAN stack app

MEANapp

Complete MEAN stack application with authentication using json web tokens. Angular CLI, MongoDB and NPM need to be installed to run / build the app. Angular 2 is being used in this example app.

Version

1.0.0

Usage

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Installation

Mac OSX and Homebrew

• Install Homebrew: https://brew.sh/

• Install Node / NPM: https://changelog.com/posts/install-node-js-with-homebrew-on-os-x

• Install MongoDB:

$ brew install mongodb

In case you have an older version of MongoDB installed you might ned to remove it first before you can install the latest version:

$ brew unlink mongodb

Linux / Windows

• Install Node / NPM: https://nodejs.org/en/

• Install MongoDB: https://www.mongodb.com/download-center?jmp=nav#community

All OS

Install Angular CLI:

$ npm install -g angular-cli

Install nodemon to automatically update any changes in your code while the node server is running.

$ npm install -g nodemon

Install the dependencies:

$ npm install

Start MongoDB (if not yet started):

$ mongod

Start MongoDB shell if needed:

$ mongo

Run the dev mode:

# Run nodemon
$ nodemon

# Switch to dev folder
$ cd angular-src
$ ng serve

The app should be available on: http://localhost:4200

Build the app:

# Switch to dev folder
$ cd angular-src
$ ng build

Run the app (from app root folder only!):

$ npm start