Super MEAN Stack

An Angular + Node/Express + Webpack + MongoDB + SASS + Babel/ES6 + ui-router + Bootstrap starter kit

Note: This repository contains some minor updates that are not in the YouTube tutorial video.

Live App Demo

Please don't abuse--although I realize I have no control over this :).

http://super-mean-stack.herokuapp.com/

Setup

Option 1: Main Repository

1. git clone git@github.com:michaelcheng429/super-mean-stack.git
2. cd super-mean-stack
3. npm install

Option 2: Yeoman Generator

1. npm install -g yo
2. npm i -g generator-super-mean-stack

Usage

Development

1. Make sure MongoDB is running (mongod from MongoDB bin directory)
2. npm run dev

Production/Deployment (e.g., to Heroku)

Make sure Heroku Toolbelt is installed (https://devcenter.heroku.com/articles/getting-started-with-nodejs#set-up).

1. npm run build
2. git init
3. heroku create {name-of-app}
4. git push heroku master
5. heroku addons:create mongolab:sandbox

Troubleshooting

1. Use Node version 5.5.0, which is the version used to create this app. You can use n (https://github.com/tj/n) or nvm (https://github.com/creationix/nvm) to change Node versions easily.

YouTube Tutorial Video

https://youtu.be/6Sbau-oE37w

Todos

1. Add testing
2. Add deployment instructions
3. Add comments to code

Contributing

Contributions/improvements are welcome!

1. Fork the repo
2. Make a pull request from you local repo