Angular6-weather-api-demo

This is my demo for any recruiter looking for a full MEAN stack developer using Angular version 6. The purpose of this application is to login and search for a city and state using the weather.gov API.

Installation

Database and Rest Client

1. Download MongoDB version 4 from www.mongodb.com/download-center/community and install it. Make sure it is running on port 27017. Alternativley, a MongoDB Cloud database can be used, but the connection in server.js will need to be changed so it can connect.
2. Download a rest client such as ARC from install.advancedrestclient.com/install or PostMan from www.getpostman.com/downloads/ to test the backend end points.

Front End Installation

1. Download Node.js version 8.11.4 from nodejs.org/download/release/v8.11.4 and install. Please select the version for your system. I developed this on Windows 10, so I used the win64 msi file.
2. Run npm -v to make sure npm version 5.6.0 is installed. This is the version packaged with Node.js version 8.11.4.
3. Run npm install @angular/cli@6.2.9 to install Angular CLI version 6.2.9.
4. Run npm install ajv@6.9.1 to install ajv version 6.9.1 because it is a dependency of ajv-keywords which is a dependency of Angular Materials. Angular Materials will install ajv-keywords, so you will not have to install that yourself.
5. Run npm install --save bootstrap@3.4.1 jquery@3.4.1 to install Bootstrap version 3.4.1 and jQuery version 3.4.1 to allow reponsive veiwing for mobile applications. jQuery is a depenedency of Bootstrap.
6. Run the server with ng serve.

Back End Installation

1. Run npm install --save-dev babel-cli@6.26.0 @babel/preset-env@7.5.5 to use babel-cli version 6.26.0 and babel-preset-env version 1.7.0. The babel transpiler is used so ECMAScript 6 functuonality can be utilized.
2. Run npm install --save-dev babel-watch@7.0.0 @babel/core@7.0.0 to install babel-watch version 7.0.0 and @babel/core version 7.0.0 so the server will restart when any changes are made to the applicaton.
3. Run npm install express@4.17.1 to install Express.js version 4.17.1. This is the middleware for the back end server.
4. Run npm install mongoose@5.6.5 to install mongoose version 5.6.5 so express can connect to the mongo database.
5. Run npm install cors@2.8.5 to install CORS version 2.8.5 to handle the cross origin support.
6. Run npm install braces@2.3.1 to install braces version 2.3.1 because any version below 2.3.1 causes security errors with RegEx.
7. Run the server with npm run dev for ECMA6 compatability