MEAN-template

A simple (MongoDB, Express, Angular, Node) application template that works.

This simple template is meant to be used as a starting point for your next super-big MEAN Aplication. It is very easy to run and the comments should make every line of code I've written understandable (if not, feel free to propose changes 😉). It uses a minimum number of npm packages that are crucial to make the application work. Used packages are described below.

Downloaded from npm

• express: Express is a minimal and flexible Node.js web application framework that provides a robust set of features for web and mobile applications.
• mongoose: Mongoose provides a straight-forward, schema-based solution to model your application data. It includes built-in type casting, validation, query building, business logic hooks and more, out of the box.
• path: The path module provides utilities for working with file and directory paths.

Folder structure

• /src: Angular app created using angular/cli.
• /repo: Contains mongoose Schemas
• /server: Files to be used on server-side
  • /routes: Declared routes to be imported on index.js
• /license: Feel free to use. Repo comes with MIT license 😎
• /index.js: File that is used to start the node server

Usage

• Prerequisites
  • Node.js & npm: Please be sure you have installed Node.js and npm module on your computer before running the application
  • MongoDB: Download & Install MongoDB, and make sure it's running on the default port (27017).
  • AngularCLI: Is used to build front-end application.
• Be sure you have started MongoDB service before running the application
• Navigate on project folder
• Run ng build to generate Angular necessary files. Output files are by default created on /dist subfolder
• Now run node index.js This is the last step and if everything goes right, the server will start listening for requests
• You can open your browser and navigate to localhost:3000 to see the if application works

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