Node.js Starter

Single Page App setup using industry's best practices and modules. Node.js, Express, Mongoose, passport.js, component.io, Jade, Stylus and Bootstrap.

Requirements

Run from your terminal:

git clone git@github.com:gravityonmars/nodejs-starter.git
cd nodejs-starter
make

Note: edit your config/development.json with your Facebook & Twitter keys. Instructions here

express — web application framework for node
Jade — Template engine
stylus — Pre-processor CSS
component.io — client package management for building better web applications
Bootstrap — CSS Framework
passport — Simple, unobtrusive authentication for Node.js.
mongoose — MongoDB object modeling tool designed to work in an asynchronous environment.
connect-mongo — MongoDB session store for Connect

npm test

buffer.js:382 throw new Error('Unknown encoding'); Update your node.js version
Difficulties under Windows, refer to issue #4
Heroku deployment check issue #5
Getting { [Error: EMFILE, open %fileName%'] errno: 20, code: 'EMFILE', after running make, make run or make run-dev This is due to a limit on the amount of files that can be open at the same time by your OS. Update your .base_profile file (or similar) by adding ulimit -n 2048.

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