Hello World

Example app with node.js, express, mongoose, hogan, and coffeescript.

Some of the layout for this app was borrowed from: https://github.com/datapimp/backbone-express-mongoose-socketio

Setup

install node, npm, and mongodb
git clone git@github.com:jcole/hello-node.git
cd hello-node
npm install
start mongo: mongod --dbpath /path/to/your/data

Starting app

Use nodemon instead of node: picks up changes to files and re-starts server

Setup:

npm install nodemon -g

To start app:

nodemon app.js

Or, if you know you'll be making coffee changes:

nodemon start.coffee

Deploy on EC2

http://ec2-23-20-154-189.compute-1.amazonaws.com/people

setup

cap -f deploy/ec2/ec2-deploy.rb production deploy:setup

deploy

git push origin master
cap -f deploy/ec2/ec2-deploy.rb production deploy

Deploy on Heroku

http://fierce-mist-2644.herokuapp.com/

setup

heroku config:add DEPLOY=heroku
heroku config:add NODE_ENV=production
heroku addons:add mongolab:starter
heroku addons:add mongohq:free

deploy

git push heroku master 

misc commands

heroku config
heroku run node #console

TODO

• error pages

• resourceful routing: https://github.com/visionmedia/express-resource

• rake task for getting assets into S3

• asset pipeline: consolidation/minification, asset digesting?

• authentication

• mailer (w/Sendgrid?)

• delayed jobs

Production-izing

• DNS
• site monitoring, e.g. Pingdom
• performance metrics, e.g. Newrelic
• exception monitoring: Airbrake?
• Google Analytics

EC2-specific

• elastic IP routing
• load-balancing
• logging
• process monitoring and re-boot, e.g. monit

Heroku-specific

• logging: Loggly? syslog drain?
• cron jobs

General node stuff

• testing: Jasmine? expresso?
• debugging?