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MEAN Stack with Angular 2 Tutorial

This is an application demonstrating the basic components needed for a Single Page Application using MongoDB, ExpressJS, Angular 2, and NodeJS.

A working example can be found here. Additionally, a YouTube tutorial series illustrating how to create this application from scratch can be found here.

Requirements

• NodeJS
• MongoDB
• @angular/cli

Description

This applications demonstrates how to setup a RESTful API using NodeJS with Angular 2 Frontend. The application features a blog feed, where users can post comments, like posts, dislike posts, and create/edit/delete their own blog posts.

Installation

• Install all dependencies in package.json file. This can be done by navigating to the root directory in the command line interface and running the following command:

$ npm install

• Next, install all of the Angular 2 development dependencies in package.json file:

$ cd client/
$ npm install

• Installation is complete. Navigate to the root directory and then:  

Production

-- In root directory:

$ npm run build
$ npm start

-- Access production server at: http://localhost:8080

Development

$ cd client/
$ ng serve

-- In another window, from root directory run:

$ npm start

-- Access development server at: http://localhost:4200

-- Access API at: http://localhost:8080

Contributors

David Acosta.

License

No license.