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2. Agenda
•GitHub linkup
•Introduction to Mean Stack
•Why Mean Stack?
•Installing Mean Stack
•New application in Mean Stack
•Introduction to Google Cloud Platform.
•Moving it to Google Cloud Platform.

3. Introduction to Mean Stack
• Build a faster JavaScript app right from the Front end to the Back end.

4. Installation
Node-JS
Ø Go to: https://nodejs.org
Ø Follow the installation instructions for your platform version.

5. Installation
MongoDB
Ø Go to: https://mongodb.org/download-centre
Ø Follow the installation instructions for your platform version.
Ø $: mongod –dbpath DIRECTORY_TO_DATABASE_DATA to run

6. Installation
MEAN Stack
Ø Go to: http://mean.io
Ø Follow the installation instructions for your platform version.

7. Ø Our mean stack is
going to look like this

8. Ø We are going to use
mongoose a JavaScript
driver to connect to
the mongo database

11. Ø Focusing on AngularJs

14. Application Test
– Path: /app/account/index.controller.js
– The account index controller is the default controller for the account
section of the angular app, it makes the user object available to the
view and exposes methods for updating or deleting the current
user's account.

16. Application Test
– Path: /app/account/index.html
– The account index view is the default view for the account section of
the angular app, it contains a form for updating or deleting the
current user's account.