Install node.js and npm:
# Ubuntu / Debian
sudo apt-get install -y nodejs npm
For other operating systems see Installing-Node.js-via-package-manager
On windows you will also need to install Python 2.7 (make sure it is on your %PATH%) and Visual Studio C++ Express for Windows Desktop
Install dependencies for this project (node_modules):
npm install
For MonogoDB connection configuration, see Configuration
The default is mongodb://localhost:27017/dealport
Compile LESS CSS and Javascript bundles, run linter, etc (using grunt) and start the server:
npm start
See lib/server-config.js for valid config keys and their default values. To set a config value you can use:
npm config set dealport:mongoUri foo
Or you can create a .npmrc file in the project root or in your home directory:
dealport:listenHostname=0.0.0.0
dealport:mongoUri=foo
Grunt is a task runner, you can install the grunt-cli using sudo npm install -g grunt-cli. Use grunt -h to display the tasks that are valid for this project.
If you are unable to install packages globally it is possible to run the grunt-cli locally using ./node_modules/.bin/grunt-cli dosomething