Applicaster assignment : Installation guide

Author: shimi bar.

Folder contain server based on Koa.js v2.0. System use MongoDb as database service and babel node for compiling ES6 to ES5.

• App.js : Initial server with routes and mongodb connection pool
• mongoDB_dump: dump db collections (tweets, queries).
• test : test application functional behavior.
• db : database data.
• lib : application configuration.
• controllers & models : logic and database query.

Version

1.0.0

Tech

• Node.js - Event-driven I/O server-side JavaScript environment based on V8.
• Koa.js - fast node.js network app framework
• mongo - noSQL database
• babel - compiler for ES6 syntax
• nodemon - Monitor for any changes in your node.js application

Installation

Applicaster requires Node.js v5+ to run.

You need Hombrew installed:

$ ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)"

You need nvm installed:

$ brew update
$ brew install nvm
$ nvm install 5.6.0
$ nvm use 5.6.0

You need Mongodb installed:

$ brew install mongodb --devel

Start project

Run MongoDB

$ mongod  --dbpath /root/to/applicaster/db

After installing npm dependencies, you should setup tweets and users collections

$ rm -rf root/to/applicaster/db/
$ npm run mongo:dump

Setup Node environment:

$ cd to/applicaster/folder
$ npm install
$ npm run app:server

Test application

$ npm run test

License

MIT