Mumsy

A generator to quickly develop node applications.

Install

Mumsy is installed globally using the following command:

npm install mumsy-foundation -g

Use

Mumsy is ran from the command line inside an empty directory.

Create A Directory

mkdir mumsyproject && cd mumsyproject

Run Mumsy-Foundation

mumsy-foundation

Configure App

Mumsy uses an app configuration file that requires configuration of the app secret and database url:

// config/app.js
var express = require('express');
var app = express();

if (app.get('env') === 'development') {
	var appSecret = 'yourappsecret';
} else {  
    // production environment variable set manually in heroku app settings
	var appSecret = process.env.APPSECRET;
}
module.exports = {
    'secret': appSecret
};

Configure Database

Mumsy uses a database configuration file that requires configuration of the database url:

// config/database.js
var express = require('express');
var app = express();

if (app.get('env') === 'development') {
	var dbUrl = 'path_to_your_mongo_db';
} else {  
	// production environment variable set by mongolab add-on in heroku app resources
	var dbUrl = process.env.MONGOLAB_URI;
}
module.exports = {
    'url': dbUrl
};

Deploy To Heroku

If you haven't already, initiate a git repo:

git init

To deploy to heroku, create an app:

heroku create mumsytest

Add heroku as a remote repository:

heroku git:remote -a mumsytest 

Add project to our git repository:

git add -A
git commit -m "Initial commit" 

Add the mongolab addon:

heroku addons:create mongolab

Add the APPSECRET configuration variable to heroku:

heroku config:set APPSECRET=myappsecret

Push to heroku:

git push heroku master

Setup Admin User

After you start your app locally or on heroku, you will need to visit the /setup path manually to setup your admin user. This process will only work if the app is brand new and there are currently no users in the database.