generator-angular-express
v0.1.2
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Yeoman generator for AngularJS + Express + PostgreSQL projects
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generator-angular-express
Yeoman generator for AngularJS + Express + PostgreSQL projects
Usage
Install generator-angular-express
:
npm install -g generator-angular-express
Make a directory, and cd
into it:
mkdir my-project && cd $_
If you want to use the database options, make sure you have PostgreSQL installed and psql
included in your path.
Run yo angular-express
, optionally passing an app name:
yo angular-express [app-name]
What you get
Client side stuff:
- An AngularJS app, structured around this style guide
- Automatic compilation of all .less files in
/app
- Karma to run the
*._test.js
files in/app
, configured for Jasmine - JS minification by running
grunt --min
- JSHint warnings for all js files in
/app
- bower.json file for dependency management
- Grunt watchers for changes to js, less, and html
Server side stuff:
- All code built and served from the
/dist
directory, after runninggrunt
- JSHint warnings for all js files in
/server
- package.json file for node module dependencies
- Grunt watchers for changes to all server files
Database stuff:
- Automatic creation of PostgreSQL database and user
- Knex configured for use with
knex migrate
andknex seed
- ... working on adding Bookshelf.js ...
Run the Generated Project
grunt
to build and serve (default http://localhost:9999)
grunt --min || grunt --minify
to build and serve with minified code
Using Knex
Some sample files will be created in /db/migrations
and /db/seeds
. These are just here as an example, you can delete them and add your own.
You can run migrations with knex migrate:latest
and run seeds with knex seed:run
. More info in the knex docs.