Accelerate v1.0

A MyEAN boilerplate with angular-cli

Accelerate is a platform for developing and deploying REST-ful APIs as fast as the developers could think of them. It is built on MySQL, Express, Angular 4 and Node implementations, and generates all the necessary models/controllers required for REST. All generated models/controllers are also fully customizable to suit any additional requirements.

Prerequisites

1. Node, Express, MySQL Database and angular-cli
2. ng2-file-upload (https://github.com/valor-software/ng2-file-upload)

Experience level required

• Setup and install MySQL Database, Node, Express and angular-cli
• Javascript and Typescript literacy is preferable

Getting Started

1. Download the Accelerate v1.0 repository. (npm & docker packages coming soon...)
2. Extract Accelerate into a folder "<your folder name>" of your choice.
3. Navigate to the folder "<your folder name>" using the command line interface and type: npm install to install the node dependencies.
4. Create a new Angular 4 project inside the folder "<your folder name>" by typing: ng new <your webapp name>
5. Navigate into the folder of "<your webapp name>" and install ng2-file-upload by typing: npm install --save ng2-file-upload
6. Copy the "w3css.css" file found in the folder "<your folder name>/Angular" into the "<your webapp name>/src" folder
7. Edit the ".angular-cli.json" file to include the "w3css.css" file under the scripts tag.
8. Compile the Angular 4 project by typing :ng build
9. Copy the contents of the folder "<your folder name>/Angular/src" found in Accelerate into the "<your webapp name>/src/app" folder of your Angular 4 web app. Replace all the files inside the "<your webapp name>/src/app" folder when prompted.
10. Compile the Angular 4 project again by typing :ng build
11. Navigate to "<your folder name>/app" and edit the file called settings.js, changing the following values;

• database.host : the address of MySQL Database
• database.user : username for the DB
• database.password : password of the DB
• client.folder : the path to the dist folder generated by angular-cli after successfully building the web app

12. Run "accelerate-setup.sql" in MySQL database.
13. Type: npm start from "<your folder name>" to start the server.
14. Sign-Up (uses passport-local) and start using Accelerate to speed up your development cycles. 🎉

FAQ

1. What the hell is this?

It's a program/bilerplate which will generate generic MVC models for both the front-end and backside back-end of your system.

2. Who can use this?

Accelerate was designed for both developers and end-users in mind. It was built for desperate students developers off the shelf but with some twerking tweaking it can also serve as an end-user system.