WebStarterKit-Nodejs

This is a starter kit for building Nodejs web applications. It handles all the tedious setup process for you so you can quickly get started building your web application.

Technologies:

• Server - NodeJS
• Web Framework - ExpressJs
• Database - MongoDB
• Mongoose - MongoDB NodeJs framework
• Handlebars - HTML templator
• Procfile - Used for deploying to Heroku

Installation

1. Clone the repo and change it's name to the name of your application

• git clone https://github.com/ashermccall/WebStarterKit-Nodejs.git your-application

2. Open terminal -> go to directory where you cloned the repo
3. Delete the .git file

• Mac
  • rm -rf .git
• Windows
  • RMDIR .git

4. Initialize this repo as your own new github repo for your application

• Mac
  • Github GUI: https://help.github.com/articles/how-do-i-add-repositories/
  • Command Line: https://help.github.com/articles/adding-an-existing-project-to-github-using-the-command-line/#platform-mac
• Windows
  • Github Gui: https://help.github.com/articles/adding-repositories-with-github-for-windows/
  • Command Line: https://help.github.com/articles/adding-an-existing-project-to-github-using-the-command-line/#platform-windows

5. run: npm install
6. run: node app.js
7. Open browser and go to: http://localhost:3000/

If you see Hello World then the installation was (probably) successful.