node-base

This is an example node.js app using:

"express" (duh) with jade templates (easily changeable)
"passport" for various authentication possibilities (we cover facebook and twitter)
"mongoose" for mongodb connectivity
"connect-mongo" for persistent sessions

The project tries to include a complete setup including things like:

environment differences (development, testing, production)
jshint setup (but its setup really depends on your preferences)
mocha tests using supertest (which is based on super-agent)
grunt for running jshint, tests etc.
travis-ci setup (see the build status image above)

Features

extensive inline documentation trying to make clear whats going on
clean and simple structure with config, controllers, models and views
facebook and twitter authentication via passport
users are stored to mongodb
persistent sessions in mongodb (you're still logged in after server reboots)
express config examples for development and production modes
express access logger (just like regular web server logs)
CSRF protection, see express API docs and https://www.owasp.org/index.php/Cross-Site_Request_Forgery_(CSRF)
custom middleware example
loading of static assets
custom favicon
stylus styles

Getting started

If you want to use my existing node-base-apps on facebook and twitter to login using their OAuth mechanism, please make sure you serve the app through your localhost accessible via "localhost.com"!

You need to make an /etc/hosts entry for localhost.com like this:

127.0.0.1    localhost    local.host    localhost.com

Other necessary steps

initially do a "npm install" or "npm update" within this directory to load dependencies to ./node_modules/
add hosts entry: localhost.com (then you can use provided OAuth keys)
make sure mongodb is running on 127.0.0.1 (change in config/index.js): run mongod & to start the daemon
maybe set NODE_ENV environment var, see server.js source (falls back to "development")
start the node-base app with node server.js
- even better install nodemon: npm install -g nodemon, then run nodemon server.js
navigate to http://localhost.com:3001 (or whatever your localhost points to)

Underpinnings and optional goodies

If not done before install these npm packages (globally):

Grunt: npm install -g grunt-cli
JSHint: npm install -g jshint

Optional:

nodemon: npm install -g nodemon, then run nodemon server.js instead of node server.js to avoid restarting your server.js when editing files
if you use Sublime Text install "EditorConfig" from the package manager: Shift-Cmd-P, enter "pac[...]" -> [Enter] -> "edito[...]" -> [Enter]

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