MEAN

MEAN.JS is a full-stack JavaScript open-source solution, which provides a solid starting point for MongoDB, Node.js, Express, and AngularJS based applications. The idea is to solve the common issues with connecting those frameworks, build a robust framework to support daily development needs, and help developers use better practices while working with popular JavaScript components. Before You Begin Before you begin we recommend you read about the basic building blocks that assemble a MEAN.JS application: MongoDB - Go through MongoDB Official Website and proceed to their Official Manual, which should help you understand NoSQL and MongoDB better. Express - The best way to understand express is through its Official Website, which has a Getting Started guide, as well as an ExpressJS guide for general express topics. You can also go through this StackOverflow Thread for more resources. AngularJS - Angular's Official Website is a great starting point. You can also use Thinkster Popular Guide, and Egghead Videos. Node.js - Start by going through Node.js Official Website and this StackOverflow Thread, which should get you going with the Node.js platform in no time. Prerequisites Make sure you have installed all of the following prerequisites on your development machine: Git - Download & Install Git. OSX and Linux machines typically have this already installed. Node.js - Download & Install Node.js and the npm package manager. If you encounter any problems, you can also use this GitHub Gist to install Node.js. MongoDB - Download & Install MongoDB, and make sure it's running on the default port (27017). Bower - You're going to use the Bower Package Manager to manage your front-end packages. Make sure you've installed Node.js and npm first, then install bower globally using npm: Downloading MEAN.JS There are several ways you can get the MEAN.JS boilerplate: Cloning The GitHub Repository The recommended way to get MEAN.js is to use git to directly clone the MEAN.JS repository: This will clone the latest version of the MEAN.JS repository to a meanjs folder. Downloading The Repository Zip File Another way to use the MEAN.JS boilerplate is to download a zip copy from the master branch on GitHub. You can also do this using the wget command: Yo Generator Another way would be to use the Official Yo Generator, which generates a copy of the MEAN.JS 0.4.x boilerplate and supplies an application generator to ease your daily development cycles. Quick Install Once you've downloaded the boilerplate and installed all the prerequisites, you're just a few steps away from starting to develop your MEAN application. The boilerplate comes pre-bundled with a package.json and bower.json files that contain the list of modules you need to start your application. This command does a few things: First it will install the dependencies needed for the application to run. If you're running in a development environment, it will then also install development dependencies needed for testing and running your application. When the npm packages install process is over, npm will initiate a bower install command to install all the front-end modules needed for the application To update these packages later on, just run npm update That's it! Your application should be running. To proceed with your development, check the other sections in this documentation. If you encounter any problems, try the Troubleshooting section. It will try to seed the users 'user' and 'admin'. If one of the user already exists, it will display an error message on the console. Just grab the passwords from the console. This will seed the admin user one time if the user does not already exist. You have to copy the password from the console and save it. Running with TLS (SSL) Application will start by default with secure configuration (SSL mode) turned on and listen on port 8443. To run your application in a secure manner you'll need to use OpenSSL and generate a set of self-signed certificate