To test the application, the server and the static files have to be served from the same server. To do that, you can use the http-server package. That server can serve the static files and pass through (proxy) the requests to the API server. If MongoDB is not running yet, open a terminal window and run mongod --dbpath ./data. Open a terminal window in the root of the project and run the following to start the API server on localhost:8800:
gulp && node --harmony_destructuring dist/server
In a new terminal window, navigate to the static directory. Install http-server using the following command:
npm install http-server -g
Now you can start the server:
http-server -P http://localhost:8800
Open localhost:8080 in a browser and you will see the application that we have created.