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Created February 4, 2017 15:46
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Prerequisites

Node

Use an installer for your OS or if you have Homebrew:

$ brew install node

MongoDB

Install MongoDB on your computer.

  • (Mac, Linux, Windows) Run the mongo daemon. Make sure it is running during development.
$ mongod

Nice To Haves

  • ngrok - Provides a tunnel to your localhost so you can demo without deploying to a server or test on a mobile device with local backend
  • Postman Chrome extension - Allows you to make HTTP requests to your APIs
  • JSONView Chrome extension - Prettifies JSON in your browser
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