Superhero App

This repository holds the supercool app to manage superheroes!!!

Prerequisites

• Node.js and npm are essential to Angular 2 development.
• Install nvm for managing multiple versions of node and npm.

Setup project

First thing, obviously, clone this repo. Then:

• Go to project root.
• Make sure Node v6.5.0 is installed with nvm: nvm install.
• Type nvm use to select the Node v6.5.0.
  • NOTE: It must be typed as first command each time you open a new shell to work with the app
• Run npm install -g yarn to install Yarn dependency manager.
• Run yarn install to download all needed dependencies.
• Copy the .env.environment.dist into .env.development to create the development environment.
  • Use the .dist draft to specify the variables. You need, at least, to specify the API_URL.
• Run npm start to start the development built-in server.
• Go to http://localhost:8080.
• Popping champagne??? :)

References

• Webpack - The tool used to bundle the app.
• TypeScript - The main superset environment to write javascript.
• Angular2 - Web framework we use.
• RxJS - The bundled library to manager async code.
• LoDash - The utility library for javascript.

Useful

• LearnRxJS - A gitbook for RxJS.