express-seed

An empty website using nodejs + express + handlerbars + sass + bower + grunt + mysql.

Development environment setup

Prerequisites

• Nodejs
• Node Package Manager (NPM)
• Git
• Ruby (Sass runtime environment)

Dependencies

• Grunt (task automation)
• Bower (package management)
• Sass (css tool)

Installation

Run the commands below in the project root directory.

1. Install Sass

$ gem install sass

2. Install Grunt and Bower

$ sudo npm install -g grunt-cli bower

3. Install project dependencies

$ npm install
$ bower install

Useful commands

Running web site

To start the web server, run:

$ grunt dev

To access the local server, enter the following URL into your web browser:

http://localhost:3000/