generator-angular-express

generator-angular-express

Yeoman generator for AngularJS + Express + PostgreSQL projects

Usage

Install generator-angular-express:

npm install -g generator-angular-express

Make a directory, and cd into it:

mkdir my-project && cd $_

If you want to use the database options, make sure you have PostgreSQL installed and psql included in your path.

Run yo angular-express, optionally passing an app name:

yo angular-express [app-name]

What you get

Client side stuff:

• An AngularJS app, structured around this style guide
• Automatic compilation of all .less files in /app
• Karma to run the *._test.js files in /app, configured for Jasmine
• JS minification by running grunt --min
• JSHint warnings for all js files in /app
• bower.json file for dependency management
• Grunt watchers for changes to js, less, and html

Server side stuff:

• All code built and served from the /dist directory, after running grunt
• JSHint warnings for all js files in /server
• package.json file for node module dependencies
• Grunt watchers for changes to all server files

Database stuff:

• Automatic creation of PostgreSQL database and user
• Knex configured for use with knex migrate and knex seed
• ... working on adding Bookshelf.js ...

Run the Generated Project

grunt to build and serve (default http://localhost:9999)

grunt --min || grunt --minify to build and serve with minified code

Using Knex

Some sample files will be created in /db/migrations and /db/seeds. These are just here as an example, you can delete them and add your own.

You can run migrations with knex migrate:latest and run seeds with knex seed:run. More info in the knex docs.