a starting point for hatching ideas.

There are tons of delightful generators and boilerplates out there. This isn't one of them. It's just a skeleton to work out ideas using patterns and tools I enjoy.

Because when I want to get crackin' on an idea, I want to write code instead of reading configuration documentation.

assuming npm, grunt, and bower are available globally:
npm install
bower install
grunt build

for server-side debugging and emulating a production environment:
npm install -g pm2 node-inspector

server-side, start the app in one of the following ways:
npm start
npm run start-dev to start with node-inspector debugging.
npm run start-prod to emulate a production environment (uses pm2).

client-side:
grunt dev in a separate terminal tab for live-reload goodness.

npm test for server-side
browse to /client-tests/ for client-side

grunt build

NODE_ENV=test node app # to serve individual js requests

npm start # to serve concatenated, but not minified js (default)

npm run start-prod OR set NODE_ENV=production # to serve concatenated and minified js