Application Template

NodeJS, SenecaJS, AngularJS, Express

Overview

This application is a template for the MEAN stack ( Mongo , Express , Angular , Node ) with backend senecaJS microservices. There are currently 2 branches in this project.

Branch	Details
master	contains User service which uses mongoDB, so you will need to have monogoDB installed locally / remotely
BranchWithoutMongo	without the implementation of User service, can spin the app right away with Node and NPM

Frontend

EJS files with AngularJS, MVVM architecture.

Webserver

Most of the RESTful from frontends are being handled by Express webserver. Routings are being handled in here as well.

Backend

Backend is being handled by seneca microservices in this application, greet service and number service. The communication between seneca microservices are through tcp connections by defining HOST and PORT for seneca listeners and clients.

Getting started

Prerequisite

1. Install nodeJS 4.4.2 LTS

Running locally

1. Clone this repo
2. install node dependencies bash installnpmpackages.sh
3. start the app,CMD pm2 start ecosystem.json
4. app will be running on localhost:3000

Docker prerequisite

1. Install docker compose

docker-compose

1. Clone this repo
2. CD into /docker & CMD docker-machine env
3. Check DOCKER_HOST with env file and make sure they match.
4. Run the command, eg. eval $("C:\Program Files\Docker Toolbox\docker-machine.exe" env)
5. Run docker compose, CMD docker-compose up -d
6. The app will be running on DOCKER_HOST:3000

Note	PROXY_HOST might need to be configured depending on what the DOCKER_HOST is.

Note	to check if docker is running, CMD docker ps and it will show you a list of running containers if exist