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Basic setup

Setup environment

• git clone git://github.com/creationix/nvm.git ~/.nvm
• add . ~/.nvm/nvm.sh to .bash_profile
• nvm install 0.10.2
• nvm alias default 0.10.2
• npm install -g supervisor bower
• brew install mongodb

Setup project

• open project folder
• npm install
• bower install

Start server

• mongod (in a separate terminal window/tab)
• npm start (in a separate terminal window/tab)
• open http://localhost:4000

Heroku

Set up Heroku account

• https://devcenter.heroku.com/articles/quickstart

Create Heroku application & add necessary addons

• heroku create
• heroku addons:add mongolab
• heroku addons:add sendgrid

Set environment variables

• heroku config:set NODE_ENV=production

Deploy application

• git push heroku master
• heroku ps:scale web=1

Open application in browser

• heroku open

Setup environment for Windows

• Install Node: http://nodejs.org/

• Install Mongodb: http://www.mongodb.org/dr//fastdl.mongodb.org/win32/mongodb-win32-x86_64-2008plus-2.6.5-signed.msi/download

• Install Node Version Manager for Windows: https://github.com/coreybutler/nvm-windows/releases , select mvn-setup.zip

• F-secure Antivirus program may prevent first NVM installation attempt to complete. Repeat installation when necessary.

• nvm install 0.10.2

• nvm alias default 0.10.2

• npm install -g supervisor

• mkdir \data\db (db directory for Mongo)

• mongod (in a separate terminal window/tab, in Windows "C:\Program Files\MongoDB 2.6 Standard\bin\mongod")

• npm start (in a separate terminal window/tab)

• open http://localhost:4000