TodoMVC++ : Taking TodoMVC To Production

TodoMVC++ is the companion application for Zero to Production with Node.js. To learn more about how this application works, check out the video course on Frontend Masters.

This application is based on TodoMVC, and specifically on a Vue.js implementation by Evan You.

Running Locally

Installing Node.js and npm

This application has been tested on Node.js 6 and npm 3 - these packages should be available for download here - choose the "Current" version for download.

Installing Node.js modules

Once you have Node and npm installed and this repository downloaded, you'll need to install the application's dependencies. Do this with:

npm install

For development you'll probably want to install the following modules globally:

npm install -g grunt-cli sequelize-cli

Setting up the database

To run this application locally, you'll require a Postgres database. On a Mac, the easiest path to installing Postgres is Homebrew. Once installed, grab Postgres with:

brew update
brew install postgres

If Postgres is installed using the method above, you should now have a few Postgres administrative commands on your system path. Begin by firing up another Terminal tab and starting the database:

postgres -D /usr/local/var/postgres

Next, create the development and test databases:

createdb todos
createdb todos-test

If Postgres is not installed locally, you can setup a free instance as follows:

• visit https://elephantsql.com
• login and setup a free tiny turtle instance
• goto "Details" and copy the url. It should look something like this postgres://abcdefg:icRAC...
• in the project, copy config/test.js to config/user.js
• set config.databaseUrl to your copied postgres url
• don't forget to run sequelize db:migrate

Apply the database migrations:

sequelize db:migrate

Copy over static assets:

grunt collect_static

Running the application

To run the application in development mode:

grunt

To run the application simulating production settings:

NODE_ENV=production
grunt collect_static
npm start

License

MIT