JamesJansson/simplest-angular-nodejs-google-app-engine-server

Instructions for running this server locally

1. Install NodeJS

2. Install AngularCLI

npm install @angular/cli@latest -g

3. Install nodemon

npm install -g nodemon

4. Download or clone this repository

5. Open the NodeJS Terminal. Run

npm install

to add the needed files into the node_modules folder

6. Run

ng build

to compile the Angular front-end components into the dist folder

7. Run

node server.js

NOTE: You can also run the following command to have the Angular built and server restarted when code changes

npm start-dev

8. Open localhost:3000 in your browser. You should see a basic Angular app displayed. You are now running a local server.

Instructions for running this server on Google App Engine

After doing the above:

9. Set up Google Cloud Platform

10. Create a new project

11. Name the project

12. Make sure the project is selected

13. Install the Google Cloud SDK

14. Run the following command and create a new configuration. It can have any name.

gcloud init

15. Log in to your Google account

16. Select the project that you created above

17. Select the region

18. Choose a region that the server will be hosted in

19. Run the following command

gcloud app deploy

20. Wait for the app to deploy.

21. Visit the address that is displayed when the deploy command finishes.

Deployed service [default] to [https://test-project-197703.appspot.com]

How this app was created

Install Angular

npm install @angular/cli@latest -g

Update TypeScript

Note: the following was necessary to get the Angular installer to work. In future this may not be necessary.

npm install --save-dev typescript@2.6.2

Create the app

ng new app-name-goes-here

Compile Angular and check that it works

cd app-name-goes-here
ng serve

Visit http:localhost:4200

Install Express and Body Parser

npm install express body-parser --save

Add the server.js file

NOTE: the below information was created as part of the 'ng build' process

SimplestAngularNodejsServer

This project was generated with Angular CLI version 1.7.3.

Development server

Run ng serve for a dev server. Navigate to http://localhost:4200/. The app will automatically reload if you change any of the source files.

Code scaffolding

Run ng generate component component-name to generate a new component. You can also use ng generate directive|pipe|service|class|guard|interface|enum|module.

Build

Run ng build to build the project. The build artifacts will be stored in the dist/ directory. Use the -prod flag for a production build.

Running unit tests

Run ng test to execute the unit tests via Karma.

Running end-to-end tests

Run ng e2e to execute the end-to-end tests via Protractor.

Further help

To get more help on the Angular CLI use ng help or go check out the Angular CLI README.