Yet Another MEAN Boilerplate / example app

This project uses:

• Mongo 3.6
• Express 4
• Angular 6
• Node 10

Additionally, it supports and/or provides examples of:

• Pug templates instead of HTML
  • NOTE: in .pug files, you'll often need to comma-separate element attributes for them to parse correctly due to the way Angular 2+ uses punctuation (*()[]) in attribute names.
• Sass (scss) styles instead of CSS
• TypeScript for both client and server code
• Heroku-ready (assuming the mLab MongoDB add-on)
• Sharing modules between client and server
• DRY definition of Mongoose models and corresponding Typescript classes (via Typegoose)
• DRY CRUD entity management via inheritance (server-side and client-side)
• Server-side pagination/filtering/sorting
• Page refreshes at arbitrary client paths
• Promise-based Express routes (via express-promise-router)
• CSRF protection
• Flicker-reduced loading spinner
• Angular Material 6 components (some)

Installation

• install nvm (Node Version Manager): curl -o- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/creationix/nvm/v0.33.11/install.sh | bash
• install Node 10 using nvm: nvm install v10
• set Node 10 as your default (unless you know you don't want that): nvm alias default v10
• upgrade npm to latest v6: npm install -g npm@6.x
• install Mongo 3.6, but don't set it up to run on boot (unless you know you want that). On OSX, you probably want to use brew install mongodb@3.6.
• install dependencies: npm install

Development server

Run npm run start for a dev server (it will build automatically by default). Navigate to http://localhost:4200/. The app will automatically reload if you change any of the source files.

Flags

Note: When using an npm run <blah> script, any CLI parameters passed in are destined for npm unless preceded by an extra --. For example: npm run <blah> --npm-flag-1 --npm-flag-2 -- --script-flag-1 --script-flag-2.

• --port <port> will override the default server port (4200)
• --no-mongod will skip running mongod (use this if you're running mongod externally).
• --prod will give you a production build and server (optimized code, no sourcemaps, angular files served statically by node, etc)
• --no-build will skip the build step
• --no-clean will skip deleting old build files in the build step
• --bare will only start the node server; it assumes the code has already been built, expects the environment to be set externally via NODE_ENV, and skips a couple other minor steps normally executed when running locally. This is intended to be used in the context of a deployed server, not local testing.

Ng code scaffolding

Run ng generate component component-name to generate a new component. You can also use ng generate directive|pipe|service|class|guard|interface|enum|module.

NOTE: auto-generated files from the above commands may need to be moved from their default location in order to match the file structure used in this project

NOTE: ng generate component, will generate component templates with .html instead of .pug; you'll have to rename them to use Pug syntax

Build

Run npm run build to build the project. The build artifacts will be stored in the dist/ directory. (This is not generally not necessary to do manually.)

Flags

Note: When using an npm run <blah> script, any CLI parameters passed in are destined for npm unless preceded by an extra --. For example: npm run <blah> --npm-flag-1 --npm-flag-2 -- --script-flag-1 --script-flag-2.

• --prod will do a production build (optimized code, no sourcemaps, etc)
• --clean will delete old build files before building

Running tests

Run npm run test to execute client unit tests via Karma and end-to-end tests via Protractor.

Linting

Run npm run lint to lint client and server TypeScript files.

Attributions

The "book" examples used here are derived from the MEAN Stack Angular 6 CRUD Web Application article.

Some code patterns used here are based on those found elsewhere (however no substantial portions of the originating code are used). Those inspirational sources are:

• https://github.com/leota/MEAN-stack-authentication
• https://coryrylan.com/blog/angular-form-builder-and-validation-management
• https://stackoverflow.com/a/48024544/751577
• https://blog.angular-university.io/angular-material-data-table/

TO-DO

• upgradable authentication
• permission-based routes
• multiple app entry points
• toast
• cordova wrapper
• fix tests
• cluster()
• Agenda scheduled tasks

License

MIT License

Copyright (c) 2018 Stimulating Solutions, LLC contact@stimulating-solutions.com. All rights reserved.

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