Get and build the application code

We will use a web application for managing todos. The front end is written in Angular and the reminders are being stored in a in-memory database. All run on Node.js.

1. Clone the source code for the Todo web app.

    git clone https://github.com/lionelmace/mytodo
   

   This command creates a directory of your project locally on your disk.

2. Change to the directory of the checkout

    cd mytodo
   

3. Get the node.js dependencies for this project

    npm install
   

Run the application locally

1. Run the application locally

    npm start
   

   Results:

    > mytodo@2.0.0 start /Users/mace/Box Sync/Bluemix/technos/temp/mytodo
    > node server.js
   
    Cannot find module ./vcap-local.json
    Cannot find credentials.env
    Using In Memory
    server starting on http://localhost:8080
   

2. After your app starts, click on the eye on the top right corner and select the port 8080

   

3. This should open a page as follows:

   

4. Type a new todo to validate. This todo is being stored in memory. Thus restarting the app will delete any todo.

5. Finally, you can stop the app using Ctrl+C.