Apolline-Frontend in NodeJS and with InfluxDB

Author: Arthur Baldeck

Description of the app

This frontend app will allow the user to download CSV file with data from the air quality's InfluxDB database. We are using here a MeanJS boilerplate. MEAN is the acronym of MongoDB, Express, AngularJS and NodeJS and it is a strong starting point for apps which use this base.

Explications of the modules

Module Apolline:

client:

Don't really use in the app the main client part in the app is in the core module.

server:

controller:

Set the main server controller functions to create, delete and find the different CSV files.

policies:

Set the permissions in the app for different users, every users are allowed to use all the features.

routes:

Set the route of the controller functions.

service:

The files that contains the code for the different services.

• apolline-delete.server.service.js : the service which allows the users to delete the choosen compressed CSV file.
• apolline-exist.server.service.js : the service which allows the users to check if the choosen compressed CSV file exists.
• apolline-getdata.server.service.js : this service creates the CSV and compress it.

utils

The file write.js send the data and the response to the client.

Module Core:

client:

This directory contains all the files from the frontend (HTML view, angularjs).

controller:

home.client.controller.js:

The JavaScript file for the main view home.client.view.html .

services:

worker.client.service.js:

The JavaScript Worker which is used to communicate with the server to create the compressed CSV file.

Other files

To see the explanation of the other files please check: Meanjs Documentation.

Prerequisites

Make sure you have installed all of the following prerequisites on your development machine:

• GIT: Download & Install Git
• Node.js: Download & Install Node.js
• MongoDB: Download & Install MongoDB
• Bower (Manage your frontend packages)

Installation of npm:

npm install npm -g

You can install Bower by using the following command but be sure you have installed NodeJS and npm (Node Package Manager):

$ npm install -g bower

Deploy the app

Download the app and go to the directory:

$ git clone https://github.com/Apolline-Lille/apolline-frontend.git --config core.autocrlf=input
$ cd apolline-frontend/meanjs

Build the image:

$ docker build -t meanjs .

Run the container:

$ docker-compose up

This final command launch your app and finally you can go to the http://localhost:80/ in your browser to see the application.

####Once the bash show this, you can use the apolline frontend app:

meanjs      | MEAN.JS - Development Environment
meanjs      | 
meanjs      | Environment:     development
meanjs      | Server:          http://0.0.0.0:80
meanjs      | Database:        mongodb://db/mean-dev
meanjs      | App version:     0.6.0
meanjs      | MEAN.JS version: 0.6.0