smadasty / app-coolers

coolers

This project is generated with yo angular generator version 0.11.1.

Build & development

Run grunt for building and grunt serve for preview.

Testing

Running grunt test will run the unit tests with karma.

Steps

** Any commands listed below with option "-g" are run with ADMIN privileges.

1. Install Yeoman.
   • npm install -g yo
2. Install other dependent packages
   • npm install -g grunt-cli bower yo generator-karma generator-angular
3. mkdir my-new-project && cd $_
4. Create the angular app: yo angular [app-name] (the app name parameter is optional).
5. Run the app locally with the following command : grunt serve
6. Install more dependent packages:
   • npm install gzippo express morgan --save
7. Create a server file called web.js in the root director: /web.js
   • update web.js with follwoing code:

       var gzippo = require('gzippo');
       var express = require('express');
       var morgan = require('morgan');
       var app = express();
       app.use(morgan('dev'));
       app.use(gzippo.staticGzip("" + __dirname + "/dist"));
       app.listen(process.env.PORT || 5000);
       

8. Run the following command to build the project: grunt build
9. Remove 'dist' from the .gitignore file
10. Add a new file : Procfile
11. Update "Procfile" with follwoing line:
    • web: node web.js
12. Create Heroku Account and install Heroku Toolbelt.
13. Github instructions:
    • git init
    • git add .
    • git commit -m "Create angular app using Yeoman"
14. Heroku instructions:
    • Heroku Login
    • heroku create <your_app_name>
15. Run the following command to push the content to Heroku account,
    • git push heroku master
    • heroku ps:scale web=1
    • heroku open