#Zza Node Mongo The "Zza Node Mongo" sample app is a single page application (SPA) built with Breeze, Angular, Node, and MongoDB.

Prerequisites

• Node.js >=0.10
• MongoDb >= v.2.6

Install and use

Extract the database

The zza-mongo-database.zip file is the Zza application's MongoDB database. Extract it into the db folder.

You should see three new files in the db folder: "zza.0", "zza.1", and "zza.ns"

You only have to do this once.

Install dependent node modules

1. Open a command/terminal window.

2. Navigate to the Zza-Node-Mongo directory.

3. Use npm to install the dependent packages enumerated in the package.json file:

    npm install
   

4. Confirm that all of them ran without error (warnings are ok). You can close this window when you're done.

You only install these modules once.

Start the servers

Every time you run the application you must first launch two servers: the MongoDB server and the Zza application's node/express server.

1. Open a new command prompt window.

2. Start MongoDB by typing

   mongod --dbpath db	
   

   This launches the MongoDb server pointing to the folder with the zza database (see db installation above).

   Do not close this window. Closing the window will end the MongoDB process.

3. Open a new command/terminal window.

4. Navigate to the Zza-Node-Mongo directory.

5. Start the app's node/express server by typing

   node server
   

   Do not close this window. Closing the window will end the node/express process.

Run Zza

Open localhost:3000 in a web browser to run the Zza application.

Release 0.8.0

• Initial release.
• Demonstrates fundamental characteristics of a MongoDB app accessed with Breeze.
• Maintainable w/o any Microsoft assets at all, neither code nor development tools.