MiniNetflix

This is a mini-netflix web application with Angular.

A preview of the finished product is available at https://mini-netflix-owenkelvin.netlify.com. The Backend is hosted can also be viewed at https://owen-kelvin-mini-netflix.herokuapp.com

This project was generated with Angular CLI version 8.1.2.

Installation

Set up the project on your PC

• run git clone https://github.com/OwenKelvin/mini-netflix.git to clone the repository
• cd into the project files and run npm install
• Open the source files and rename src/environments/environment.env.ts to src/environments/environment.ts
• rename src/environments/environment.prod.env.ts to src/environments/environment.prod.ts
• rename backend/config.env.js to backend/config.env.js

Fire base Set up

• Go to FireBase Console and create a new Firebase app on your Firebase console with your Google Account by clicking on “Add project” and typing your app name e.g app-mini-netflix
• click on “Add Firebase to your web app”, and copy the config keys into src/environments/environment.ts(do the same for environment-prod.ts)

export const environment = {
  production: true,
    firebase:
      apiKey: 'xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx',
      authDomain: 'app-mini-netflix.firebaseapp.com',
      databaseURL: `https://app-mini-netflix.firebaseio.com`,
      projectId: 'app-mini-netflix',
      storageBucket: 'app-mini-netflix.appspot.com',
      appId: '1:513014570227:web:dc8ded86bef56ecc3beb86',
      measurementId: 'G-0WZF81CVQH',
      messagingSenderId: '763399536402'
    }
}

• Once the App is created Go to authentication => Add User and add a user

Set up a key for Themoviedb.org

• Visit The Movie DB and set up an account.
• Create an app and copy the app key to *backend/config.js file. The File should look like below

  // Replace the xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx with your key
  export const apiKey = 'xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx';

• cd to backend folder and run node index. This will open up a serve on http://localhost:3000/. go to the link. you should see a message Welcome to Make REST API Calls In Express!
• visit http://localhost:3000/movies and check if a list of movies are being returned

Finally

• Run ng serve for a dev server. Navigate to http://localhost:4200/. The app will automatically reload if you change any of the source files.

You are set to go... a user can view all movies on the home page with their image, title and publication

Build

Run ng build to build the project. The build artifacts will be stored in the dist/ directory. Use the --prod flag for a production build.

Running unit tests

Run ng test to execute the unit tests via Karma.

Running end-to-end tests

Run ng e2e to execute the end-to-end tests via Protractor.