1. Run npm install to generate package.json
2. Remove the packages from package.json that you won't use. Here is a list of what each does
   1. backbone: Backbone.js
   2. bluebird: For Promise support in node
   3. body-parser: For dealing with json body
   4. bootstrap: styling for Frontend
   5. css-loader: for including CSS
   6. expore-loader: for exponsive jQuery to jQuery plugins
   7. express: server
   8. file-loader: common dependency
   9. handlebars: Templates
   10. jquery: Jquery :P
   11. json-loader: for loading json files in require
   12. localtunnel: for generating a local tunnel so that external services can hit your local server
   13. mailgun: mailing service
   14. moment: date service
   15. parse: database as a service
   16. socket.io: socket server
   17. socket.io-client: socket client
   18. styler-loader: dependency of css-loader
   19. twilio: text message API
   20. underscore: data manipulation toolkit
   21. url-loader: common dependency
   22. webpack: frontend asset compressor
   23. winston: for logging
3. Copy config.sample.js to config.js (it's git ignored and should never be in repo, should be manually copied)
4. Install webpack sudo npm install -g webpack
5. Install nodemon sudo npm install -g nodemon
6. Run webpack watcher in on terminal window webpack --watch in project root
7. Run nodemon watchin in another terminal window nodemon in project root
8. Enabled/disable the modules in init that you'll be using
9. All your publically accessible content will stem from public/app/index.js

USEFUL SNIPPETS

Parse

Get Object By Id

var Person = Parse.Object.extend('Person');
(new Parse.Query(Person))
    .get(personId)
    .then(_.bind(function(data){

    })).catch(_.bind(function (err) {

    }, this));

Save To DB

new Person({
    name: 'Harry'
}).save().then(function () {
    //saved
}).catch(function (err) {
    //error
});

Twilio

Make A Call

this.twilioClient.makeCall({
    to: '+1' + phoneNumber,
    from: this.config.twilio.fromNumber,
    url: this.config.rootUrl + '/api/v1/startCall'
});

Make A Simple TwiML Response

var resp = new twilio.TwimlResponse()
    .say('Hello');

res.set('Content-Type', 'text/xml');
res.end(resp.toString());

Useful TwiML Responses

resp.hangup(); //Hangs up

Send a Text

var messageTpl = Handlebars.compile(
    fs.readFileSync('template.hbs', 'utf8')
);

this.twilioClient.messages.create({
    body: messageTpl({
        //fill in template details here
    }),
    to: '+1' + phoneNumber,
    from: this.config.twilio.fromPhone
});

Socket

Emit Data on Server

this.socket.emit('data', 'Some Data');

Capture Data On Client

var socket = require('socket.io-client');
this.socket = socket.connect();
this.socket.on('data', function (data) {
    //data
});

Mailgun

Send Message

var emailTpl = Handlebars.compile(
    fs.readFileSync('template.hbs', 'utf8')
);

this.mailgun.sendText(
    config.email.fromEmail,
    toEmail,
    'Email Subject',
    emailTpl({
        //Template details here    
    })
);