Blueprint
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A lightweight, simple, elegant framework for building mean applications

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Features
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* Bootstrap common functionality from configurations
* Separation of concerns to maximize reuse of core business logic
* Declarative approach to binding routes to controllers
* Customize behavior and configuration based on execution environment
* Encapsulate application logic into reusable components
* Compose Blueprint applications from other Blueprint applications

Getting Started
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Install Blueprint package into your application:

    npm install @onehilltech/blueprint --save
    npm bin
    
Add `./node_modules/.bin` to your `PATH`, and install Blueprint application:

    blueprint init

Then, start the web application:

    node ./app
    
Open your browser, and go to [http://localhost:5000/helloworld](http://localhost:5000/helloworld).

Next Steps
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See our [Wiki](https://github.com/onehilltech/blueprint/wiki) for more details 
on using Blueprint.