Basic website template built using Bootstrap 3, Express, and NodeJS.

[IN PROGRESS]

Requirements

• Git
• Node
• Express
• EJS [working with views]

Extra

• install nodemon with: npm install -g nodemon [watch for changes, reload server when changes detected; can't be used with SASS, etc. ?]
• install restart with: npm install -g reload [refresh browser when changes detected]
  • install as dependency for project with: npm install --save reload

Install Requirements clone [project] onto desktop with: git clone [git repo link] cd to [project] create package.json file with: npm init --yes [if no package.json file exists; with defaults] install npm plugins with: npm install install express as dependency with: npm install express --save install ejs as dependency with: npm install ejs --save

• install nodemon with: npm install -g nodemon [watch for changes, reload server when changes detected; can't be used with SASS, etc. ?]
• install restart with: npm install -g reload [refresh browser when changes detected]
  • install as dependency for project with: npm install --save reload

Folder Structure

Expressjs [root folder]

• app

  • data

    • data.json [contains all text data files for project]

  • public

    • css
    • scss
    • images
    • js

  • routes

    • index.js [routing for index page]
    • speakers.js [routing for pages and sub-pages]

  • views

    • index.ejs []
    • partials
      • content
      • template

  • app.js

• node_modules

Run Server

• Run local server on port 3000 with: npm start
• Run local server with custom port settings with: node app/app.js
• Extra - Nodemon Update changes in browser with: nodemon app/app.js [will restart server on changes; need to manually refresh page in browser]

JS + Express

• conditionals loops, combine data on routes and learn to control information flow

Relevant Links:

• https://docs.npmjs.com/getting-started/using-a-package.json
• http://getbootstrap.com/css/
• http://getbootstrap.com/components/
• http://www.embeddedjs.com/getting_started.html

To Do

• JSON file containing blog posts
• Create unique page for each
• Create page with list blog posts