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How to Build a Portfolio Platform App Using AngularJS

by Tony SpiroAugust 31st, 2017

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In this tutorial I’m going to show you how to create a “Portfolio Platform” app using AngularJS, a little bit of Node, and Cosmic JS. At the end of the tutorial we will have a platform that enables management of multiple portfolio websites. Users can login and manage their portfolio website. The admin can manage multiple users from the Cosmic JS Dashboard. Let’s get started.

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TL;DR

Download the GitHub repo.Check out the demo.Install to your Cosmic JS Bucket in a few clicks.

Getting Started:

First, let’s make a new directory to build our project in and lets also make a package.json file.

mkdir cosmicapp-porfolio

cosmicapp-porfolio$ touch package.json

Now, in your package.json, copy and paste the code below:

//cosmicapp-porfolio/package.json{  "name": "photography-portfolio-app",  "version": "1.0.0",  "main": "app-server.js",  "engines": {    "node": "4.1.2",    "npm": "3.5.2"  },  "description": "",  "dependencies": {    "body-parser": "^1.17.2",    "bower": "^1.7.7",    "buffer-to-vinyl": "^1.1.0",    "express": "^4.13.3",    "gulp": "^3.9.1",    "gulp-autoprefixer": "^3.1.0",    "gulp-concat": "^2.6.0",    "gulp-concat-css": "^2.2.0",    "gulp-env": "^0.4.0",    "gulp-minify-css": "^1.2.4",    "gulp-ng-config": "^1.4.0",    "gulp-npm-script-sync": "^1.1.0",    "gulp-webserver": "^0.9.1",    "http-server": "^0.9.0",    "stripe": "^4.22.0",    "wiredep": "^3.0.0"  },  "scripts": {    "postinstall": "bower install && gulp config && gulp js",    "start": "npm run production",    "production": "node app-server.js",    "gulp": "gulp"  },  "author": "",  "license": "ISC",  "devDependencies": {    "gulp-npm-script-sync": "^1.1.0",    "gulp-remote-src": "^0.4.2"  }}

Second, let’s make a bower.json file.

cosmicapp-porfolio$ touch bower.json

Now, in your bower.json, copy and paste the code below:

//cosmicapp-porfolio/bower.json{  "name": "photography-portfolio-app",  "description": "Photography Portfolio App",  "version": "0.0.0",  "homepage": "https://github.com/kutsaniuk/cosmicapp-porfolio",  "license": "MIT",  "private": true,  "dependencies": {    "angular": "~1.5.x",    "angular-mocks": "~1.5.x",    "angular-bootstrap": "~1.1.x",    "angular-cookies": "~1.5.x",    "angular-route": "~1.5.x",    "angular-ui-router": "0.2.x",    "angular-resource": "1.5.x",    "angular-animate": "~1.5.x",    "ng-dialog": "0.6.1",    "bootstrap": "3.3.x",    "cr-acl": "",    "angular-chosen-localytics": "*",    "bootstrap-chosen": "*",    "ng-flow": "^2.7.4",    "angular-mask": "*",    "checklist-model": "0.9.0",    "angular-ui-notification": "^0.2.0",    "angular-ui-calendar": "^1.0.2",    "angular-ui-switch": "^0.1.1",    "ng-scrollbars": "^0.0.11",    "jquery.scrollbar": "*",    "angular-flash-alert": "^2.4.0",    "components-font-awesome": "^4.7.0",    "angular-loading-bar": "^0.9.0",    "angular-environment": "^1.0.8",    "angular-dragdrop": "",    "angular-sanitize": "1.5.*",    "angular-drag-and-drop-directives": "",    "jquery-ui-touch-punch": "",    "angular-touch":"1.5.*",    "textAngular":"1.5.*"  },  "resolutions": {    "angular": "~1.5.x"  },  "devDependencies": {    "cr-acl": "^0.5.0"  }}

Config app server:

cosmicapp-porfolio$ touch app-server.js

//cosmicapp-porfolio/app-server.jsvar express = require('express');var bodyParser = require('body-parser');var app = express();app.set('port', process.env.PORT || 3000)app.use(express.static(__dirname))app.use(bodyParser.json())var http = require('http').Server(app)// Routeapp.get('/', (req, res) => {  res.sendFile(__dirname + '/index.html');})http.listen(app.get('port'), () => {  console.log('Photography Portfolio App listening on ' + app.get('port'))})

What we’re installing and why:

We’re going to use the AngularJS framework to build Single-page application
We’re installing angular-ui-router for create multi views.
We are going to use gulp for build all js and css files into one file.

Building our app:

Now we’re going to build out our file structure a bit more so that we can organize our angular modules and js files. This is what our cosmicapp-porfolio directory should look like:

cosmicapp-porfolio|----app|       |----auth|                 |----auth.ctrl.js|                 |----auth.service.js|       |----config|                 |----config.js|       |----portfolio|                 |----about|                           |----portfolio.about.mdl.js|                 |----contact|                           |----portfolio.contact.mdl.js|                 |----intro|                           |----portfolio.intro.mdl.js|                 |----projects|                           |----add|                                   |----portfolio.projects.add.ctrl.js|                           |----edit|                                   |----portfolio.projects.edit.ctrl.js|                           |----portfolio.projects.mdl.js|                 |----settings|                           |----portfolio.settings.ctrl.js|                           |----portfolio.settings.mdl.js|                 |----portfolio.ctrl.js|                 |----portfolio.mdl.js|                 |----portfolio.service.js|       |----user|                 |----user.service.js|       |----main.mdl.js|----dist|       |----css|       |----img|       |----js|----css|----views|----gulpfile.js|----app-server.js|----bower.json|----package.json

Now we we will set up our index.html. Copy and paste the following code into your index.html file:

<!DOCTYPE html><html lang="en" ng-app="main"><head>    <meta charset="utf-8">    <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge">    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">    <meta name="description" content="">    <meta name="author" content="">

    <title>Photography Portfolio App</title>

    <!-- bower:css -->    <!-- endbower -->

    <!-- Bootstrap Core CSS -->    <link href="bower_components/bootstrap/dist/css/bootstrap.min.css" rel="stylesheet">

    <!-- Custom CSS -->

    <link href="dist/css/main.min.css" rel="stylesheet">

    <!-- HTML5 Shim and Respond.js IE8 support of HTML5 elements and media queries -->    <!-- WARNING: Respond.js doesn't work if you view the page via file:// -->    <!--[if lt IE 9]>    <script src="https://oss.maxcdn.com/libs/html5shiv/3.7.0/html5shiv.js"></script>    <script src="https://oss.maxcdn.com/libs/respond.js/1.4.2/respond.min.js"></script>    <![endif]-->

</head><body>

<div ui-view></div>

<!-- bower:js --><!-- endbower -->

<script src="dist/js/main.js"></script></body></html>

Here, we are going to target our “root” view to place our angular modules in later. The main.js file located in our dist directory is what our gulpfile.js file will spit out after bundling all of our angular modules Now, set up our gulpfile.js file to bundle all of our js files and export that bundle file to our dist directory. Copy the following code into your gulpfile.js file:

//cosmicapp-porfolio/gulpfile.js'use strict';

'use strict';

var gulp = require('gulp'),    webserver = require('gulp-webserver'),    minifyCSS = require('gulp-minify-css'),    concat = require('gulp-concat'),    wiredep = require('wiredep').stream,    gulpNgConfig = require('gulp-ng-config'),    autoprefixer = require('gulp-autoprefixer'),    b2v = require('buffer-to-vinyl'),    sync = require('gulp-npm-script-sync');

sync(gulp);

gulp.task('css', function () {  return gulp.src('css/**/*.css')    .pipe(minifyCSS())    .pipe(concat('main.min.css'))    .pipe(autoprefixer())    .pipe(gulp.dest('dist/css'));});

gulp.task('js', function() {    return gulp.src('app/**/**/*.js')        .pipe(concat('main.js'))        .pipe(gulp.dest('dist/js/'));});

gulp.task('config', function () {    const json = JSON.stringify({        BUCKET_SLUG: process.env.COSMIC_BUCKET,        MEDIA_URL: 'https://api.cosmicjs.com/v1/' + process.env.COSMIC_BUCKET + '/media',        URL: 'https://api.cosmicjs.com/v1/',        READ_KEY: process.env.COSMIC_READ_KEY || '',        WRITE_KEY: process.env.COSMIC_WRITE_KEY || '',        DEFAULT_IMAGE: process.env.DEFAULT_IMAGE || ''    });    return b2v.stream(new Buffer(json), 'config.js')        .pipe(gulpNgConfig('config'))        .pipe(gulp.dest('app/config'));});

gulp.task('default', function () {  gulp.watch('css/**/*.css', ['css']);  gulp.watch('app/**/**/*.js', ['js']);  gulp.watch('bower.json', ['bower']);});

gulp.task('bower', function () {  gulp.src('index.html')    .pipe(wiredep({      directory: 'bower_components'    }))    .pipe(gulp.dest(''));});

After that we can create main module. Copy and paste the following code into your main.mdl.js file:

(function () {    'use strict';

    angular        .module('main', [            'ui.router',            'ui.bootstrap',            'ngMask',            'ngCookies',            'ngRoute',            'ngDialog',            'cr.acl',            'ui-notification',            'ngFlash',            'ngAnimate',            'textAngular',            'flow',            'angular-loading-bar',            'ngDragDrop',            'ngSanitize',            'ngTouch',

            'portfolio',

            'config'        ])        .config(config)        .run(run);

    config.$inject = ['$stateProvider', '$urlRouterProvider', 'cfpLoadingBarProvider', 'NotificationProvider', '$locationProvider'];    function config($stateProvider, $urlRouterProvider, cfpLoadingBarProvider, NotificationProvider, $locationProvider) {        cfpLoadingBarProvider.includeSpinner = false;

        NotificationProvider.setOptions({            startTop: 25,            startRight: 25,            verticalSpacing: 20,            horizontalSpacing: 20,            positionX: 'right',            positionY: 'bottom'        });

        $urlRouterProvider.otherwise(function ($injector) {            var $state = $injector.get("$state");            $state.go('login');        });

        $stateProvider            .state('blog', {                url: '/blog',                templateUrl: '../blog.html'            })            .state('login', {                url: '/login',                templateUrl: '../views/auth/login.html',                controller: 'AuthCtrl as auth',                onEnter: ['AuthService', 'crAcl', function(AuthService, crAcl) {                    AuthService.clearCredentials();                    crAcl.setRole();                }],                data: {                    is_granted: ['ROLE_GUEST']                }            })            .state('register', {                url: '/register',                templateUrl: '../views/auth/register.html',                controller: 'AuthCtrl as auth',                onEnter: ['AuthService', 'crAcl', function(AuthService, crAcl) {                    AuthService.clearCredentials();                    crAcl.setRole();                }],                data: {                    is_granted: ['ROLE_GUEST']                }            });

    }

    run.$inject = ['$rootScope', '$cookieStore', '$state', 'crAcl'];    function run($rootScope, $cookieStore, $state, crAcl) {

        $rootScope.globals = $cookieStore.get('globals') || {};

        crAcl            .setInheritanceRoles({                'ROLE_ADMIN': ['ROLE_ADMIN', 'ROLE_GUEST'],                'ROLE_USER': ['ROLE_USER', 'ROLE_GUEST'],                'ROLE_GUEST': ['ROLE_GUEST']            });

        crAcl            .setRedirect('login');

        if ($rootScope.globals.currentUser) {            crAcl.setRole($rootScope.globals.currentUser.role);            $state.go('portfolio.intro');        }        else {            crAcl.setRole();        }

    }

})();

Now we we will set up our Auth Controller. Copy and paste the following code into your auth.ctrl.js file:

(function () {    'use strict';

    angular        .module('main')        .controller('AuthCtrl', AuthCtrl);

    function AuthCtrl(crAcl, $state, AuthService, Flash, $log) {        var vm = this;

        vm.login = login;        vm.register = register;

        vm.loginForm = null;

        vm.credentials = {};        vm.user = {};

        function login(credentials) {            function success(response) {                function success(response) {                    if (response.data.status !== 'empty') {                        var currentUser = response.data.objects[0];

                        crAcl.setRole('ROLE_USER');                        AuthService.setCredentials({                            slug: currentUser.slug,                            first_name: currentUser.metadata.first_name,                            last_name: currentUser.metadata.last_name,                            email: currentUser.metadata.email,                            role: 'ROLE_USER'                        });                        $state.go('portfolio.intro', {slug: currentUser.slug});                    }                    else                        Flash.create('danger', 'Incorrect username or password');                }

                function failed(response) {                    $log.error(response);                }

                if (response.data.status !== 'empty')                    AuthService                        .checkPassword(credentials)                        .then(success, failed);                else                    Flash.create('danger', 'Incorrect username or password');

                $log.info(response);            }

            function failed(response) {                $log.error(response);            }

            if (vm.loginForm.$valid)                AuthService                    .checkUsername(credentials)                    .then(success, failed);        }

        function register(credentials) {            function success(response) {                login(credentials);

                $log.info(response);            }

            function failed(response) {                $log.error(response);            }

            if (vm.loginForm.$valid)                AuthService                    .register(credentials)                    .then(success, failed);        }

    }})();

Create Auth Service, copy and paste the code below:

(function () {    'use strict';

    angular        .module('main')        .service('AuthService', function ($http,                                          $cookieStore,                                          $q,                                          $rootScope,                                          URL, BUCKET_SLUG, READ_KEY, WRITE_KEY) {            var authService = this;            $http.defaults.headers.common['X-Requested-With'] = 'XMLHttpRequest';

            authService.checkUsername = function (credentials) {                return $http.get(URL + BUCKET_SLUG + '/object-type/users/search', {                    params: {                        metafield_key: 'email',                        metafield_value_has: credentials.email,                        limit: 1,                        read_key: READ_KEY                    }                });            };            authService.checkPassword = function (credentials) {                return $http.get(URL + BUCKET_SLUG + '/object-type/users/search', {                    ignoreLoadingBar: true,                    params: {                        metafield_key: 'password',                        metafield_value: credentials.password,                        limit: 1,                        read_key: READ_KEY                    }                });            };            this.register = function (user) {                return $http.post(URL + BUCKET_SLUG + '/add-object', {                        title: user.first_name + ' ' + user.last_name,                        type_slug: 'users',                        slug: user.username,                        metafields: [                            {                                key: "first_name",                                type: "text",                                value: user.first_name                            },                            {                                key: "last_name",                                type: "text",                                value: user.last_name                            },                            {                                key: "email",                                type: "text",                                value: user.email                            },                            {                                key: "password",                                type: "text",                                value: user.password                            },                            {                                key: "intro",                                type: "html-textarea",                                value: null                            },                            {                                key: "about",                                type: "html-textarea",                                value: null                            },                            {                                key: "contact",                                type: "html-textarea",                                value: null                            },                            {                                key: "projects",                                type: "objects",                                objects: [],                                object_type: "projects",                                value: null                            }                        ],

                        write_key: WRITE_KEY                    }, { ignoreLoadingBar: false });            };            authService.setCredentials = function (user) {                $rootScope.globals = {                    currentUser: user                };

                $cookieStore.put('globals', $rootScope.globals);            };            authService.clearCredentials = function () {                var deferred = $q.defer();                $cookieStore.remove('globals');

                if (!$cookieStore.get('globals')) {                    $rootScope.globals = {};                    deferred.resolve('Credentials clear success');                } else {                    deferred.reject('Can\'t clear credentials');                }

                return deferred.promise;            };        });})();

What’s going on here:

We are using the ui-router for config routes.
We created Auth Service for our asynchronous calls to our Cosmic JS API.
We created Auth Controller for checking credentials and registration users.

Create User Service for get and update User, copy and paste the code below:

(function () {    'use strict';

    angular        .module('main')        .service('UserService', function ($http,                                          $cookieStore,                                          $q,                                          $rootScope,                                          URL, BUCKET_SLUG, READ_KEY, WRITE_KEY) {            $http.defaults.headers.common['X-Requested-With'] = 'XMLHttpRequest';

            this.getCurrentUser = function (ignoreLoadingBar) {                return $http.get(URL + BUCKET_SLUG + '/object/' + $rootScope.globals.currentUser.slug, {                    ignoreLoadingBar: ignoreLoadingBar,                    params: {                        read_key: READ_KEY                    }                });            };            this.getUser = function (slug, ignoreLoadingBar) {                return $http.get(URL + BUCKET_SLUG + '/object/' + slug, {                    ignoreLoadingBar: ignoreLoadingBar,                    params: {                        read_key: READ_KEY                    }                });            };            this.updateUser = function (user) {                user.write_key = WRITE_KEY;

                return $http.put(URL + BUCKET_SLUG + '/edit-object', user, {                    ignoreLoadingBar: false                });            };

        });})();

Create Portfolio Service for get and update, copy and paste the code below:

(function () {    'use strict';

    angular        .module('main')        .service('PortfolioService', function ($http,                                          $cookieStore,                                          $q,                                          $rootScope,                                          URL, BUCKET_SLUG, READ_KEY, WRITE_KEY, MEDIA_URL) {

            $http.defaults.headers.common['X-Requested-With'] = 'XMLHttpRequest';

            this.getPortfolioBySlug = function (slug) {                return $http.get(URL + BUCKET_SLUG + '/object/' + slug, {                    params: {                        read_key: READ_KEY                    }                });            };

            this.updatePortfolio = function (portfolio) {                portfolio.write_key = WRITE_KEY;

                return $http.put(URL + BUCKET_SLUG + '/edit-object', portfolio);            };

            this.upload = function (file) {                var fd = new FormData();                fd.append('media', file);                fd.append('write_key', WRITE_KEY);

                var defer = $q.defer();

                var xhttp = new XMLHttpRequest();

                xhttp.upload.addEventListener("progress",function (e) {                    defer.notify(parseInt(e.loaded * 100 / e.total));                });                xhttp.upload.addEventListener("error",function (e) {                    defer.reject(e);                });

                xhttp.onreadystatechange = function() {                    if (xhttp.readyState === 4) {                        defer.resolve(JSON.parse(xhttp.response)); //Outputs a DOMString by default                    }                };

                xhttp.open("post", MEDIA_URL, true);

                xhttp.send(fd);

                return defer.promise;            }        });})();

Create Portfolio Controller for update and add, edit projects, copy and paste the code below:

(function () {    'use strict';

    angular        .module('main')        .controller('PortfolioCtrl', PortfolioCtrl);

    function PortfolioCtrl($rootScope, $stateParams, $sce, $scope, $state, ngDialog, AuthService, UserService, PortfolioService, $log) {        var vm = this;

        getPortfolio();

        vm.currentUser = $rootScope.globals.currentUser ? $rootScope.globals.currentUser : getUser();

        vm.logout = logout;        vm.updatePortfolio = updatePortfolio;        vm.openAddProjectDialog = openAddProjectDialog;        vm.openEditProjectDialog = openEditProjectDialog;

        vm.portfolio = {};

        vm.toolbarEditor = [            ['h1', 'h2', 'h3', 'h4', 'h5', 'h6', 'p', 'bold', 'italics', 'underline', 'justifyLeft', 'justifyCenter', 'justifyRight']        ];

        function chunk(arr, size) {            var newArr = [];            for (var i = 0; i < arr.length; i += size) {                newArr.push(arr.slice(i, i + size));            }            return newArr;        }

        function getUser() {            function success(response) {                var currentUser = response.data.object;

                vm.currentUser = {                    slug: currentUser.slug,                    first_name: currentUser.metadata.first_name,                    last_name: currentUser.metadata.last_name,                    email: currentUser.metadata.email                };            }

            function failed(response) {                $log.error(response);            }

            UserService                .getUser($stateParams.slug, true)                .then(success, failed);        }

        function getPortfolio() {            function success(response) {                vm.portfolio = response.data.object;

                if (Array.isArray(vm.portfolio.metadata.projects))                    vm.projectsChunk = chunk(vm.portfolio.metadata.projects, 2);                else                    vm.projectsChunk = [];

                vm.contact = $sce.trustAsResourceUrl('mailto:' + vm.currentUser.email);

                $log.info(response);            }

            function failed(response) {                $log.error(response);            }

            PortfolioService                .getPortfolioBySlug($stateParams.slug)                .then(success, failed);        }

        function updatePortfolio() {            function success(response) {                getPortfolio();

                $log.info(response);            }

            function failed(response) {                $log.error(response);            }

            PortfolioService                .updatePortfolio(vm.portfolio)                .then(success, failed);        }

        function openAddProjectDialog(slug) {

            var options = {                templateUrl: '../views/portfolio/portfolio.project.edit.html',                showClose: true,                controller: 'PortfolioProjectsAddCtrl as vm'            };

            ngDialog.open(options).closePromise.finally(function () {                getPortfolio();            });        }

        function openEditProjectDialog(slug) {

            var options = {                templateUrl: '../views/portfolio/portfolio.project.edit.html',                showClose: true,                controller: 'PortfolioProjectsEditCtrl as vm',                data: {                    slug: slug                }            };

            ngDialog.open(options).closePromise.finally(function () {                getPortfolio();            });        }

        function logout() {            function success(response) {                $state.go('auth');

                $log.info(response);            }

            function failed(response) {                $log.error(response);            }

            AuthService                .clearCredentials()                .then(success, failed);        }

        $scope.state = $state;

    }})();

Create Portfolio Module, copy and paste the code below:

(function () {    'use strict';

    angular        .module('portfolio', [            'portfolio.intro',            'portfolio.projects',            'portfolio.about',            'portfolio.contact',            'portfolio.settings'        ])        .config(config);

    config.$inject = ['$stateProvider'];    function config($stateProvider) {

        $stateProvider            .state('portfolio', {                url: '/:slug/',                abstract: true,                templateUrl: '../views/portfolio/portfolio.html',                controller: 'PortfolioCtrl as vm',                data: {                    is_granted: ['ROLE_USER', 'ROLE_GUEST']                }            });    }})();

What’s going on here:

We created Portfolio Service for get and update.
We created Portfolio Controller for update and add, edit project.
We created Portfolio Module.

Create Author Controller for getting information of author, copy and paste the code below:

Conclusion:

We were able to consume the Cosmic JS API with our actions and dispatcher functions. I hope you enjoyed this tutorial as much as I did, if you have any questions reach out to us on Twitter and join our community on Slack.