angular2-flask

Simple angular2 app with python-flask backend (for learning angular2)

Usage

1. backend directory contains the flask backend with simple authentication methods

2. frontend directory contains the angular2 frontend as explained in angular-webpack-starter

Installation instructions

1. Clone the repo

   git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/ansrivas/angular2-flask.git
   cd angular2-flask

2. Install and run backend in a terminal

   • Server logs are stored in a directory named log_output

   cd backend
   sudo pip install -r requirements.txt
   python run.py

3. Install frontend related dependencies

   • Easiest way to handle node related dependencies is to install nvm
   • Once you have node installed, install the project's dependencies

   cd front
   
   # install global dependencies
   npm install webpack-dev-server rimraf webpack typescript -g
   
   # install project related dependencies
   npm install
   
   # run server
   npm run server:dev:hmr

4. Navigate to http://localhost:3000

5. Default credential : admin:admin

Docker support:

1. Build the docker backend

cd backend
docker build --no-cache  -t backend/python:latest .
docker run -it -p 8081:8081 --name server backend/python

To connect to the running container:

docker exec -it server /bin/sh

2. Build the frontend

cd front
docker build --no-cache  -t frontend/angular2:latest .
docker run -it -p 3000:8080 --name angular2-app frontend/angular2

3. Navigate to http://localhost:3000

4. Easiest way to run this application to run docker-compose up in the project root directory.