backbone boilerplate: How to start the development server

Question

backbone boilerplate: How to start the development server

I've cloned Backbone boilerplate which comes with an example Todo app. I have also read that the boilerplate comes with a development server, but I don't know how to start it. In the tutorial, it says you can run this command

node build/server

but I get an error saying that it can't find the module /build/server

Can anyone explain?

node.js
backbone.js

Answer 1

If you've installed nodejs it should be as simple as changing directory to the root of the TODO application and running the following command (although you may also need to add the path to node to your environment settings):

bbb server

You should then be able to access the example on localhost:8000.

Answer 2

Just as an FYI, you can change the server values in grunt.js to run bbb on a specific host and port.

server: {
   host: "10.111.X.1", port: 3303,
   ...
}