Create express based APIs to upload and download files to and from MongoDB GridFS.

Install ES Lint modules

npm install --save-dev eslint-plugin-import eslint

Install Airbnb config

Use the base version for Node.js applications. They also publish a version for React applications as eslint-config-airbnb.

Spotinst is one of the providers which support deploying serverless functions or FaaS (Function as a Service). Serverless Framework is an NPM module which makes building serverless applications easy and open.

@abskmj/query

It is an NPM module that converts complex JSON with arrays and nested objects into URL parameters or query string. It can also parse such query string back to JSON.

Update NodeJS version

• All of the blank VMs on cloud9 have nvm pre installed.
• List all the available versions from the official site.

nvm ls-remote

• Choose to install the latest version

nvm install v10.6.0

• Choose to use the latest version

nvm use v10.6.0

• Check the version in use

node --version

Angular

• Install latest Angular CLI package

npm install -g @angular/cli

• Create a new project named my-project (you can use any name you need)

ng new my-project
cd my-project

• Change start script in package.json

{
  ...
  
  "scripts": {
    ...
    
    "start": "ng serve --host $IP  --port $PORT --public-host $C9_HOSTNAME",
    
    ...
  }
  
  ...
}

• On IDE menu, click on Preview > Preview Running Application to get the preview URL.

Downside

Everything works perfectly expect that the live reload, sometimes, is slower than usual.

Google analytics is a popular tool to track your website usage. Usage of server APIs can also be tracked with this tool. Measurement Protocol APIs can be used to post the usage data to Google Analytics.