Quickstart Prerequisite: ensure local npm bin paths are in your search path (see KB: Adding npm bin/ path to command search path) Login to terminal Create a folder for your Sails application, in this example, we will use /var/www/sails: cd /var/www mkdir sails cd sails Install Sails from npm: npm install sails Create a new…
Overview Pyramid is a Python framework that is the spiritual successor to Pylon and Zope, frameworks popular in the mid-to-late 2000s. Pyramid is supported with on v6+ platforms using any Python version from 2.7 onward with Passenger. Quickstart All commands are done from the terminal for convenience. PREREQUISITE: create a suitable Passenger-compatible filesystem layout cd /var/www…
Overview Express is a Node.js framework inspired by Sinatra for Ruby: it’s based on minimalism with a penchant for performance. Express is part of the MEAN fullstack: MongoDB, Express, Angular.js, and Node.js. MongoDB may be setup in a separate guide. Express is supported on all v6+ platforms using Passenger to manage isolated processes. Quickstart All steps are done from the terminal:…
Overview Flask is a Python microframework for building web sites with minimal overhead. Think of it as a lightweight version of Django with fewer features, but better speed. Flask is supported on v6+ platforms using Passenger. Quickstart All steps are done from the terminal. While it may be possible to deploy a Flask application without using terminal,…
Overview Meteor is a web framework written on top of Node.js. Meteor hooks into Passenger for seamless process launching and flexible, agile scalability. Meteor requires terminal access to use. This guide covers launching Meteor on a v6+ platform. Quickstart PREREQUISITE: follow the MongoDB tutorial to setup MongoDB. Install Meteor from the terminal: cd ~ curl https://install.meteor.com/ | sh…
Overview Django is a web framework based on Python. Python is available on all packages, and a Django application may be uploaded on any package. But, to create a new project on the server and complete this quickstart, a package with terminal access is necessary. This quickstart covers using Django with Passenger available on v6+ platforms. Quickstart From…
Overview Ruby on Rails is a web application framework built on the Ruby programming language. Older hosting platforms (< v4.5) support up to Rails 2. Newer platforms before v6 support Rails 3. v6+ platforms support Rails 2-4+ and Ruby 1.8-2.2+ using rvm. Need a migration to a newer platform to support Rails 4? Just open a…