otagai

Otagai is an architecture application skeleton and framework that allows you to develop websites rapidly in Node.js and Express.

See more info on project homepage

How to install

1. Download and install Node.js, MongoDB and Python (for mongodb bson npm module).

2. Install otagai.js globally:

   npm install -g otagai

3. Navigate to a directory where you have rights to create files, and type:

   otagai new app

   This will create an otagai.js application called App in a directory called app and install the npm dependencies.

4. Change into the app directory and start development server

   cd app
   otagai server dev

CLI usage

Server

To use these commands you must be in app folder. To run application in production mode:

otagai server prod

To stop application:

otagai server stop

To restart:

otagai server restart

You may restart server forced with -f flag. This kill all node and mongo processes.

Admin user

otagai createuser -u username -e email@adress.com -p password

Creates a superuser account (a user who has all default permissions). This command useful for create initial user account.

Generators

For generate model:

otagai gen model demo -f name:string,count:number

Controller:

otagai gen controller demo

Views:

otagai gen views demo

Scaffold (model, controller, views):

otagai gen scaffold demo -f name:string,count:number

Inspiration

Project based on form5-node-express-mongoose-coffeescript

Otagai.js thinks to develop as modular framework, focused on convenience and speed of development: livereload, fast transparent preprocessing, easy database migrations and deploying. This is collection of massive patterns and best Node.js practicals.