#TIY Full Stack

##Getting started

###Set up the build system

• clone this repo with git clone git@github.com:magentanova/tiy-full-stack.git THE-LOCAL-FOLDER-YOU-WANT-TO-CREATE
• disconnect from my remote repo and point to your own (see Publishing)
• cd into the local folder
• npm install
• npm run go
• visit localhost:3000 to make sure it's working

###Set up mongo db

• brew install mongodb
• sudo mkdir -p /data/db
• sudo chown -R $(whoami) /data/
• mongod
• if your console output ends with something like "waiting for connections on port XXXXX", then your database is listening for queries. you're good to go.

###Install postman

• https://www.getpostman.com/
• this chrome extension allows you to test POST requests to your api endpoints much more easily and quickly than you could by writing JavaScript.
• you can set headers, write JSON into the request body, and use tabs to track multiple requests at once.

##Workflow

• you'll only write code in the files in the src/ folder
• every time you save in that folder, your code will be read and transpiled into the dist/ folder. only files in dist/ will be served up to the browser.
• view and test your app at localhost:3000

##Publishing

• disconnect your local repo from this one with git remote remove origin
• hub create YOUR-APP-NAME -- this will simultaneously (1) create you a remote repo with the given name and (2) create a local reference connecting the directory you're in to the remote you just created
• add, commit and push per usual

##Deploying

The easiest thing to do is deploy to heroku. Once you have an account and you've installed the heroku command line tools, simply run:

• heroku create YOUR-APP-NAME
• heroku addons:create mongolab
• git push origin heroku

Have fun!