restangularOnMongoDb

An example implementation of a very lightweight tech stack featuring AngularJS, Restangular, RESTHeart and MongoDB for direct access from the UI layer to the backend, without a middle tier.

This is the sample application of this blog post: AngularJS + MongoDB: Goodbye middle tier?

Usage instructions

Install locally

• Clone repository to your local computer
• Install MongoDB 3.1.3 (more recent versions may work as well, but are not tested)
• Install RESTHeart 0.10.2 (more recent versions may work as well, but are not tested)
• npm install in the project's main folder to download / install all NPM dependencies
• bower install in the project's main folder to download / install all bower dependencies
• Create database / collection: in mongo (start mongod first):
  • use restangularOnMongoDb
  • db.createCollection("customers")

Run locally

• mongod to start the MongoDB service on default port 27017
• Start RESTHeart server on default port 8080
• grunt serve to run the web application on the static Grunt server
• Open the web application in your browser on URL http://localhost:9000