If you're interested in a strong starter for MEAN applications, check out my MEAN Coffee Starter. Even if you're not, that template is a great place to start building your node app from.
This repository has only been left for historical sake. It will not be updated further.
Why was it rewritten? Because I've learned a heck of a lot about NodeJS, Express, Mongoose, and Auth since I started writing NodeJS apps. This basic setup is the culmination of that knowledge.
Why not just use a yeoman template? Because I like to know the whole codebase intimately, and this way I do. I know exactly what is in it, and I know how all the pieces fit together perfectly. Sure, I could have used KrakenJS, but I don't like Dust. Or their policy based authorization. And the fact that routes are mixed with controllers. It's all to taste in here, and I think everything is nicely situated in such a way that it's very usable. Check it out, you may like it to.
- /assets is for connect-assets only. If you have static assets, they belong in /public.
- /config is where all configuration files live; Presently that includes globals, express, routes, logger, and passport.
- /models is for all your mongoose models.
- /routes is where your routes will live.
- /views is where your jade templates belong.
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npm installin the root directory. - Replace info in the package.json file with your own app details, along with specifics in the config/globals.js file.
If everything went well, starting the server requires nothing more than typing 'grunt', which will bring up nodemon. You should be fully able to authenticate with google from the get-go.