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
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Download and install Node.js, MongoDB and Python (for mongodb bson npm module).
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Install otagai.js globally:
npm install -g otagai -
Navigate to a directory where you have rights to create files, and type:
otagai new appThis will create an otagai.js application called App in a directory called app and install the npm dependencies.
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Change into the app directory and start development server
cd appotagai 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.