Angular Express Starter

A simple yet full-featured starting point for Angular+Express applications with token based authentication.

Features

• JSON Web Token based Authentication
• Local Authentication using Email and Password
• OAuth 2.0 Authentication via Facebook and Google
• Account Management:
  • Change, forgot, reset Password
  • Change profile details
  • Link local and OAuth strategies to one account
  • Delete Account
• Material Design using Angular Material
• Simple project structure following current best practices for scalable apps

Technologies used

• Mongo DB - NoSQL Database
• Mongoose - MongoDB object modeling tool
• Express - Web framework for Node.js
• Angular - Client side JavaScript framework
• Angular UI Router - Advanced Angular routing
• Angular Material - Material Design UI Components for Angular
• Satellizer - JSON Web Token based Authentication
• Nodemailer - Send password reset emails

Demo

see it live

How to use

Prerequisites

• install Node
• install MongoDB
• install Bower npm install -g bower
• clone or download this repository
• install the dependencies

npm install
bower install

• start the server npm start
• open your browser at localhost:3000

Set up API-Keys

• check the satellizer instructions on how to get your OAuth keys. Set them as environment variables or insert them into server/config.js and client/app.js

TODO:

• implement account deletion
• switch to component router when ready
• switch to angular2 when ready
• introduce gulp or another build process when necessary
• write a lot of tests

Contributing

Found a bug? Submit an issue or a pull request.

License

MIT