From 2f6427aa42486a2ddb31e520852fce6e929ef996 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Michael Cole Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2014 17:06:13 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] Update README.md to include where to download the MEAN.JS boilerplate --- README.md | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 9043460384..38ab836d27 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -32,6 +32,12 @@ $ sudo npm install -g grunt-cli ## Quick Install Once you've installed all the prerequisites, you're just a few steps away from starting to develop you MEAN application. +The easiest way to use MEAN.JS as a boilerplate is to download a copy from the [master branch on github][https://github.com/meanjs/mean/archive/master.zip]. +``` +$ wget https://github.com/meanjs/mean/archive/master.zip -O MEANJS.zip; unzip MEANJS.zip; rm MEANJS.zip +``` +Rename `mean-master` after your project and create your own git repo. If you'd like to contribute code back to MEAN.JS from your project, see here (tbd). + The first thing you should do is install the Node.js dependencies. The boilerplate comes pre-bundled with a package.json file that contains the list of modules you need to start your application, to learn more about the modules installed visit the NPM & Package.json section. To install Node.js dependencies you're going to use npm again, in the application folder run this in the command-line: