evolmk / mean-stack

Evols repo

evol's MEAN stack

starter kit for Mongodb, Express, AngularJS, Node.js

Prerequisites

Install Node.js

• node and npm - download and run installer

Install these dependencies to your Global modules, so they're accessible anywhere

• nodemon -- npm install nodemon -g
• bower -- npm install bower -g
• gulp -- npm install gulp -g

Install & Run

1. Clone this repo
2. (OPTIONAL, file already exists in repo) Create your package.json file with required Node dependencies:
   npm install express morgan mongoose body-parser bcrypt-nodejs --save
3. Install your Node dependencies locally into your project:
   npm install
4. Start the application using nodemon: nodemon server.js
5. Visit the application in your browser: http://localhost:8080
6. Enjoy!

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CheatSheet

NPM for Node.js

NPM is a node.js package manager

# install a package globally using -g flag
$ npm install <package> -g

# install a package locally
$ npm install <package>

# install a package and also update package.json with the installed version and package name 
$ npm install <package> --save

# install multiple packages at same time
$ npm install <package1> <package2> <package3> --save

# install dependencies already declared in package.json file
$ npm install

# get node & npm version
$ node --version && npm --version

# get version #'s of packages installed
$ npm view <package> versions

# list packages that are installed locally
$ npm list

# list packages that are installed globally
$ npm list -g --depth=0

NODEMON

Nodemon is a utility that will monitor for any changes in your source and automatically restart your server

# install nodemon globally
$ npm install nodemon -g

BOWER

Bower is a package manager for Javascript libraries that allows you to define, version, and retrieve your dependencies

[.bowerrc] 
# to install packages to a specified folder instead of 'bower_components' folder.  
# create a file in root `.bowerrc` with:
{
  "directory": "public/assets/libs"
}

# install https://github.com/angular-ui/bootstrap
$ bower install angular-bootstrap --save

# install bower globally
$ npm install bower -g

# create bower.json file
$ bower init

# install dependencies listed in bower.json
$ bower install

# install a package and add it to bower.json
$ bower install <package> --save

# install specific version of a package and add it to bower.json
$ bower install <package>#<version> --save

# uninstall a locally installed package
$ bower uninstall <package-name>

GRUNT & GULP

# Install Grunt & Gulp globally
$ npm install -g gulp grunt-cli

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GitHub Tricks

Close an Issue from Commit Message

The following keywords will close an issue via commit message, include the # of Issue in the message

close, closes, closed, fix, fixes, fixed, resolve, resolves, resolved

ex: updated file, fixes #1