Welcome to Engine Hosted APIs

Install

1. Install latest Node.js
2. Install latest MongoDB
3. Ensure Mongo is running: $ mongo (Ctrl+C to quit)
4. Install grunt comand line app $ sudo npm install -g grunt-cli
5. Add the following to /etc/hosts:

# To allow development of OAuth stuff locally.
127.0.0.1       local.apinetwork.co

Run

1. $ npm install
2. $ grunt
3. $ node server
4. Access http://local.apinetwork.co:3000

Developing App (front end)

1. Start Hosted APIs app (see Run)
2. Start watch command $ grunt watch (required to be running continually during front end development)
3. app folder is compiled to dist, which is also the web server root. Accessing http://local.apinetwork.co:3000 reaches dist/index.html.
4. Install LiveReload Chrome extension to take advatage of automatic brower refreshing while editing .html and .less files (optional)
5. Before committing any front end code, run $ grunt jshint and solve Javascript syntax issues, then $ grunt jscs and solve any style issues.

IMPORTANT: dist and temp are transient folders and will be erased.