README.md

mean-sample

A token application that uses the MEAN stack.

• Data is stored in MongoDB.
• A REST API is built using the Express framework.
• The frontend is an AngularJS app.
• The backend runs on Node.js.

Running Example

It is hosted on Heroku and MongoDB Atlas (formerly mLab, formerly MongoLab) for a running example.

Running It Locally

Make sure all the packages are present.

npm install

Running with Heroku

You can run it locally with:

heroku local

And point your browser to localhost:5000.

Running with Node

You can run it locally with:

npm start

And point your browser to localhost:3000.

Test Data

You have to populate the database directly. You can use this template to add books to the test data:

db.books.insertOne(
  {
    name: "Fangs",
    titles:  [
      {
        title: "Fangs",
        link: "https://www.amazon.com/dp/1524860670"
      },
    ],
    authors: [
      "Sarah Andersen",
    ],
    publisher: "Andrews McMeel Publishing",
    years: [
      "2020",
    ],
    body: "<p>A funny comic book about a girl vampire and a boy werewolf. Filled with sarcastic humor, like:</p><blockquote> <p>- We should have a baby.</p><p>- For dinner?</p><footer>p. 86</footer></blockquote> <p>It pokes fun at many of the vampire and werewolf and new love tropes.</p>",
    start: "2020-09-01",
    stop: "2020-09-01",
    createdAt: new Date(),
    updatedAt: new Date()
  }
)

Making Changes

You can update NPM packages with:

npm update

After committing your changes, push them to Heroku to update the running example.

Changes to the main branch should deploy automatically. You can do a manual deployment with:

git push heroku main