Gulp, browser-sync, Node.js and MongoDB for AngularJS, Bootstrap front-end

Description

This is a project skeleton to quickly start your project. It's composed of a nodejs backend server used to host a RESTful api using express and mongoose, and a frontend AngularJS application with ui-router. Gulp is used as the build management system, with browser-sync used to serve static files.

Installation

Get the sources:

git clone https://github.com/alexwakeman/node-angular-mongo-gulp.git

NodeJS

In order to start the nodejs server, we need express and mongoose dependencies.

In the server/ directory, install the nodejs dependencies:

alex@home:server$ npm install

AngularJS

Install Gulp dependencies including browser-sync:

alex@home:$ npm install

Use Gulp to build your JavaScript sources into app/js/concat/app.js, and open browser-sync:

alex@home$ gulp

You should see:

alex@home:$ gulp
[16:35:19] Using gulpfile ~/node-angular-mongo-gulp/gulpfile.js
[16:35:19] Starting 'sass'...
[16:35:19] Finished 'sass' after 8.38 ms
[16:35:19] Starting 'scripts'...
[16:35:19] Finished 'scripts' after 38 ms
[16:35:19] Starting 'serve'...
[16:35:19] Finished 'serve' after 42 ms
[16:35:19] Starting 'default'...
[16:35:19] Finished 'default' after 10 μs
[BS] Access URLs:
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       Local: http://localhost:3000
    External: http://192.168.0.4:3000
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          UI: http://localhost:3001
 UI External: http://192.168.0.4:3001
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[BS] Serving files from: ./app

Usage

Server (HTTP)

Uses gulp-browserify to serve up static angular files at http://localhost:3000

Server (RESTful API)

The nodejs server is only used as a RESTful API. It is not meant to be used as a HTTP server delivering the Angularjs application.

Starts the nodejs application:

node server/app.js

You should see:

alex@home:/var/www/angular/template$ node server/app.js 
[INFO] Your project API started on port 4001
[DB] Successfully connected to: mongodb://localhost/template

Client

Open your browser on http://localhost:3000/, but should open with browser-sync

Stack

• AngularJS v1.2.17
• ui-router v0.2.10
• Bootstrap v3.0.2
• MongoDB
• Node.js
• mongoose
• browser-sync v2.7.6

Licence

The MIT License (MIT)

Copyright (c) 2015 Alex Wakeman ([email protected])

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.