MEAN Stack Task Manager Application (Angular 1.3, Node WebKit, Express, Socket, MongoDB)

Overview

This is a client server application with below components:

Client side:

• Angular 1.3
• Node WebKit (Build desktop applications)
• Socket (Event messaging)
• LDAP (User authentication)
• nw-notify (Desktop Notification)

Server side:

• Express (Node.js web framework)
• Socket (Event messaging)
• JWT (Token authentication)
• Mongoose ODM

Prerequisites

• Node.js - Download & Install NodeJS and the npm package manager
• MongoDB - Download & Install MongoDB and make sure it's running on the default port 27017.
• RoboMongo (Optional) - Download & Install RoboMongo lightweight GUI for MongoDB. Create a new connection to the MongoDB server running at default port.

Installing server dependencies

To install the server dependencies, navigate to the module 'easytm-server' and run below command from command-line:

npm install

This will install all the required dependencies for running the server.

Running your server

To start the server run below command from command-line:

npm start

Once the server has started successfully you should be seeing the message 'server started' on your command-line.

REST API's exposed by the server and their usage are documented in the README file available in the module 'easytm-server'

Running client application

To run the client application follow below steps:

1. Install nw from npm

   npm install -g nw
   

2. To install the app dependencies, navigate to the module 'easytm-app' and run below command from command-line:

   npm install
   

3. Change to the app directory 'easytm-app' and run below command:

   nw .
   

Package & Distribution

We will be using nwbuilder for packaging our app

1. Install nw-builder from npm

   npm install -g nw-builder
   

2. Package your app with below command nw-builder reference:

   nwbuild -p <platform> <path_to_app>
   
   e.g. nwbuild -p win32 easytm-app/
   

3. Navigate to the build folder and run the app 'easytm-app.exe'