Nancy 2.0 + Aurelia setup guide

Nancy 2.0 + Aurelia setup guide

1. Create new empty NetCore Web project using dotnet cli or Visual Studio 2017.

2. Run following nuget cmds + update existing nuget-packages to latest and greatest:
Install-Package Nancy -Pre
Install-Package Microsoft.AspNetCore.Owin
Install-Package Microsoft.AspNetCore.StaticFiles

3. Append the Configure method in Startup.cs with:
app.UseDefaultFiles();
app.UseStaticFiles();
app.UseOwin(x => x.UseNancy());




TODO: setup npm, download aurelia cli, use AU-cli to setup new instance.
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!! If using csproj !!
- Edit the csproj, add following in PropertyGroup: 
<TypeScriptCompileBlocked>true</TypeScriptCompileBlocked>

Aurelia project modifications:

1. Open aurelia.json and modify: 
 - platform output from "scripts" to "wwwroot\\scripts"
 - build target output from "scripts" to "wwwroot\\scripts"
 - build target index from "index.html" to "wwwroot\\index.html"
 

BrowerSync modification and proxy setup:
This step allows browsersync to proxy API calls to the backend.

1. Modify the baseDir in run.ts from baseDir: ['.'] to baseDir: ['./wwwroot']

2. add following code:

import * as proxy from 'http-proxy-middleware';
proxy("/api", { target: 'http://localhost:5000/api', cookieRewrite: true, pathRewrite: { "^/api": "" } }),