Get Started with MEAN stack for Dummies

It's always tricky to get on track with new technologies. Here is how to get your first helloworld MEAN app up and running in a breeze!

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install npm

download node from its website

cd Downloads/node-v0.10.32/

./configure 

make

sudo make install

sudo npm install -g mean-cli 

sudo apt-get install git

sudo apt-get install git

mean init yourNewApp

# Download mongodb from its website
mkdir ./data/db
./mongod --dbpath ./data/db   

./mongo # The mongo javascript shell connects to localhost and test database by default:
    > help

 sudo npm install -g bower

 bower install bootstrap

cd yourNewApp/

sudo npm install

node server

go to http://localhost:3000/