Angular Express boilerplate to start a Bootstrap only website without AngularJS.

Features:

• automatic compilation of ES6 with Babel
• pre-configured package management using jspm
• dynamic module loading using the SystemJS dynamic ES6 loader
• pre-configured unit testing with karma, mocha, chai and PhantomJS
• powerful built-in server based on Express 4 and Harp with preprocessor support for Jade, Markdown, EJS, Coffeescript, Sass, LESS and Stylus.
• compile to HTML, CSS & JavaScript and host it anywhere
• customizable Bootstrap CSS framework

How to get started

Ensure the Angular Express CLI tool is installed:

$ npm install -g ngx-cli

Create a new project directory:

$ mkdir project
$ cd project

Initialize the boilerplate:

$ ngx init -b bootstrap-only

Install third-party dependencies:

$ jspm install
$ npm install

Finally start the Angular Express server:

$ npm start

and navigate to: <ip>:9000 in the browser.

How the configuration works

The configuration is stored in configuration files in the /config directory.

It can be overriden and extended using the node-config rules:

# Default configuration
/config/default.js

# Production configuration
/config/production.js

# Local configuration
/config/local.js

See configuration files for more information.

How to start the server

Start the server:

# Uses NODE_ENV of your environment
$ npm start

Start the server in development mode:

# Uses NODE_ENV=development
$ npm run development-server

Start the server in production mode:

# Update src/build.js
$ npm run build

# Start production server
# Uses NODE_ENV=production
$ npm run production-server

How to compile to a static application

From the root of the project, run:

$ npm run compile

to compile static HTML, CSS and JavaScript in dist.

How to use livereload during development

Ensure you have BrowserSync installed:

$ npm install -g browser-sync

From the root of the project, run:

$ browser-sync start --proxy localhost:9000 --files "src/**/*"

and navigate your browser to the BrowserSync url:

 --------------------------------------
       Local: http://localhost:3000
 --------------------------------------
          UI: http://localhost:3001
 --------------------------------------

How to run unit tests

Make sure the Karma CLI is installed:

$ npm install -g karma-cli

To run the tests:

$ karma start

License

MIT

Change log

v0.1.0

• Initial version