DanCSnyder/urlShortnerAngularApp

Shortly

This project was something that I built when I was learning Angular a couple years ago. It is an application that takes a url and shortens it to something more managable. It uses an old Node (Express) and MongoDB backend I wrote too.

System Requirements:

• NPM
• MongoDB

Installation

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1. Install the system requirements. You can use homebrew to do this or download directly from associated websites if you are comfortable with installing

   # Install NPM (along with NodeJS)
   brew install node
   
   or install manually
   https://nodejs.org/en/download/
   https://www.npmjs.org/install.sh
   
   # Install MongoDB
   brew install mongodb

2. Install JavaScript dependencies.

   # Install global dependencies
   npm install -g gulp bower karma karma-cli nodemon global modules
   
   # Install all node dependencies in package.json
   npm install
   
   # Install bower dependencies that get created in lib
   bower install

3. Start local instance.

   # Seperate tab in your termial, run mongod to start mongo up
   mongod
   
   # Start server and app (may take a couple mins to compile and build)
   npm start

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