cozumel424/angular-cli-heroku-boilerplate

The bare minimum starter code that allows users to easily deploy Angular CLI projects powered by Node and Express to Heroku.

Angular CLI Heroku Boilerplate

This README outlines how to quickly deploy your Angular CLI project to Heroku.

Prerequisites

• Git
• Heroku CLI

Installation

• git clone https://github.com/AryanJ-NYC/angular-cli-heroku-boilerplate.git <your-project-name>
• cd <your-project-name>
• npm install

Running

Running locally

• npm start
• Visit your app at http://localhost:8080
  • This should be similar to my Heroku site

Deploying to Heroku

OR

• Install Homebrew
• brew install heroku
• heroku create <your-project-name>
• git push heroku master
• heroku open

Changes Made to Original Angular CLI code

• Added server.js
• Added @angular/cli to dev-dependencies in package.json
• Added @angular/compiler-cli to dev-dependencies in package.json
• Added postinstall script to package.json that builds app for production deployment
• Edited start script in package.json to launch run server.js instead of Angular CLI server

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