Mean builder

Table of contents

1. Installation
2. Simple Use
   1. First Time
   2. After that
   3. Production
3. Options
   1. Root
   2. Output Path
   3. Frontend Path
   4. Backend Path
   5. Ignore Files
   6. Ignore Folders
   7. Angular Output Path
   8. Angular Base href
4. Flags
   1. Use git
   2. Use TypeScript
   3. Production
   4. Dump

Installation

npm install -g mean-builder

Simple Use

To use this you must have a folder structure like

• root
  • backend - (express app)
  • frontend - (angular app)

1. First time

First time building on a localmachine

mean-builder --use-ts

2. After that

Use thing when you want to build and have a git repo in the folder

mean-builder --use-git --use-ts

3. Production build

mean-builder --use-git --use-ts --prod

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Options

mean-builder --(option)="(value)"

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Root

Command: --root="(path_from_Local)"

Default: Where the program opened from

Example:

Go back a folder

mean-builder --root="../"

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Output Path

Command: --output-path="(path_to_output)"

Default: /dist

Example:

Change from /dist to /build

mean-builder --output-path="/build"

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Frontend Path

Command: --frontend-path="(path_to_frontend)"

Default: /frontend

Example:

Change from /frontend to /myangularapp

mean-builder --frontend-path="/myangularapp"

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Backend Path

Command: --backend-path="(path_to_backend)"

Default: /backend

Example:

Change from /backend to /myexpressapp

mean-builder --backend-path="/myexpressapp"

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Ignore Files

In root or subfolder dosen't matter

Command: --ignore-files="(filenames, comma seperated)"

Default: NONE

Example:

Ignore file bootstrap.min.js and jquery.min.js

mean-builder --ignore-files="bootstrap.min.js,jquery.min.js"

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Ignore Folders

This will ignore alld files and subfolders aswell

Command: --ignore-folders="(foldernames, comma seperated)"

Default: NONE

Example:

Ignore the assets folder

mean-builder --ignore-folders="assets"

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Angular Output Path

Command: --ng-output-path="(save_folder_inside_output_path>)"

Default: public

Example:

Change from /public to root

mean-builder --ng-output-path="../"

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Angular Base href

Angular-cli --base-href

Command: --ng-base-href="(subfolder_on_webserver)"

Default: /

Example:

Change from root to /sideproject

mean-builder --ng-base-href="/sideproject"

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Flags

mean-builder --(flag)

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Use git

Command: --use-git

Function: Stops removal of .git, .gitignore, *.md in dist folder

Use:

mean-builder --use-git

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Use TypeScript

Command: --use-ts

Function: Compiles typescript backend

Use:

mean-builder --use-ts

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Production

Command: --prod

Function: Compiles typescript and builds angular in production mode

Use:

mean-builder --prod

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Dump

Command: --dump

Function: dumps all options and flags to the console. (Aborts the building)

Use:

mean-builder --dump