@@ -10,26 +10,24 @@ The "Zza Node Mongo" sample app is a single page application (SPA) built with Br
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1111### Extract the database
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13- Extract the Zza application's MongoDB database in * zza-mongo-database.zip * to your MongoDB data directory.
13+ The * zza-mongo-database.zip * file is the Zza application's MongoDB database. Extract it into the * db * folder.
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15- > The default location per MongoDB installation instructions is * C:\data * . Your location may be different.
15+ You should see three new files in the * db * folder: "zza.0", "zza.1", and "zza.ns"
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17- You only have to install this database once.
17+ You only have to do this once.
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1919### Install dependent node modules
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21- 1 . Open a command prompt window.
21+ 1 . Open a command/terminal window.
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23- 2 . Navigate to the * Zza-Node-Mongo* directory.
23+ 1 . Navigate to the * Zza-Node-Mongo* directory.
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25- 3 . Use npm to install the following three modules :
25+ 1 . Use npm to install the dependent packages enumerated in the * package.json * file :
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27+ npm install
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28- npm install mongodb
29- npm install express
30- npm install breeze-mongodb
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32- Confirm that all of them ran without error (warnings are ok). You can close this window when you're done.
30+ 1 . Confirm that all of them ran without error (warnings are ok). You can close this window when you're done.
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3432You only install these modules once.
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39371 . Open a new command prompt window.
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41- 2 . Navigate to the * mongodb/bin * directory.
39+ 1. Start MongoDB by typing
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43- >The default location per MongoDB installation instructions is *C:\mongodb\bin*. Your location may be different.
41+ mongod --dbpath db
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45- 3. Type ** mongod ** to start MongoDB .
43+ This launches the MongoDb server pointing to the folder with the zza database (see db installation above) .
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4745 >Do not close this window. Closing the window will end the MongoDB process.
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49- 4 . Open a new command prompt window.
47+ 1 . Open a new command/terminal window.
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51- 5 . Navigate to the * Zza-Node-Mongo* directory.
49+ 1 . Navigate to the * Zza-Node-Mongo* directory.
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53- 6. Type ** node server** to start the Node.js/Express server.
54- 7 .
55- >Do not close this window. Closing the window will end the Express process.
51+ 1. Start the app's node/express server by typing
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53+ node server
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55+ >Do not close this window. Closing the window will end the node/express process.
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5757### Run Zza
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59- Open ** localhost:3000** in a web browser to run the Zza application.
59+ Open [ ** localhost:3000** ] ( http://localhost:3000 ) in a web browser to run the Zza application.
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6161## Release 0.8.0
6262* Initial release.
63- * Demonstrates fundamental characteristics of a MongoDB app.
63+ * Demonstrates fundamental characteristics of a MongoDB app accessed with Breeze .
6464* Maintainable w/o any Microsoft assets at all, neither code nor development tools.
65- * Demonstrates more sophisticated user interaction paradigms than other Breeze samples. (It actually looks like a SPA.)
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