Floatr Backend

dependencies

node 6.3.x or later and mongodb

getting started

install brew if on mac (why don't you have brew yet?)

brew install mongodb

install nvm

nvm install 6 nvm alias default 6

developing

run mongod on a separated terminal instance:

mongod

first time, install npm:

npm install

run the app:

npm run dev

the app runs on localhost:8080

production

you'll likely be consuming mongodb as a service, so make sure you set the env var to connect to it.

npm start

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