Installation.md

Setup

1. Install Nodejs - https://nodejs.org/en/download/current/ (5.7.0)
2. Install MongoDb - https://www.mongodb.org/downloads#production (3.2)
3. Run mongodb

   Create 'c:\data' Folder Goto 'C:\Program Files\MongoDB\Server\3.2\bin' and start 'mongod.exe'

4. Install RoboMongo - https://robomongo.org/download (0.9.0 RC7)
5. Start RoboMongo and connect to 'localhost:27017'
6. Install postman - http://www.getpostman.com/
7. open command prompt at root directory

   run 'npm install' run 'tsd install'

Compile

1. using gulp

   open command prompt at root directory run 'gulp compile-ts'

2. using visual studio

   Configure visual studio as explained below*** Compile the project

Run

1. using gulp

   open command prompt at root directory run 'gulp compile-ts'

2. using visual studio

   Configure visual studio as explained below Run the project

***Steps for Configuring visual studio

1. Install Visual Studio 2015 Community - https://www.visualstudio.com/en-us/downloads/download-visual-studio-vs.aspx
2. Install Nodejs for Visual Studio 2015 - https://www.visualstudio.com/en-us/features/node-js-vs.aspx
3. Install Typescript for Visual Studio 2015 - https://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/418d1f01-e58c-453a-a7d0-8381b562d499
4. Open Tools->Options
   • Disable intellisence of Nodejs

     Select TextEditor->Nodejs->Intellisense Select 'No Intellisense'

   • Enable auto compiling of Typescript

     Select TextEditor->Typescript->Project Select 'Auto Compile Typescript' and 'Use AMD' Apply the changes

5. Restart visual studio

Troubleshoot (if compiling the visual studio project fails) Replace npm to %appdata%

• goto 'C:\Program Files\nodejs'
• copy 'npm' and 'npm.cmd' and replace at '%appdata%/npm'
• goto 'C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules'
• copy 'npm' folder and replace at '%appdata%/npm/node_modules'
• restart visual studio