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# How to Run NodeJS

This sections provides the information about the Nodejs dependencies and how to run the app.

Open the Terminal and navigate to the project folder ( API directory ) and install NodeJS dependencies :

```
$ npm install
```

Once both dependencies are installed successfully you can run the app in browser window with :

```
$ gulp serve
```

* Once the nodeJS dependencies and MongoDB connection set. It will open your web browser window and if didn't open **localhost:8000** and you can see swagger api like the demo.
* **Common Error :** You may receive **node-gyp** error once you are run this app. This issue mostly comes on windows machine. You may need visual studio on window machine to fix this issue.
* You may go through [Node-Gyp](https://github.com/nodejs/node-gyp) Github page and follow there installation guide for different platform.
* To Build this project you need to use: **gulp serve:dist.** Once you run this command it will create a dist directory that can used to deploy on any server like **heroku** or **AWS**.