# LoopBack Boot LoopBack Boot is a convention-based bootstrapper for LoopBack applications. **For full documentation, see the official StrongLoop documentation:** * [Creating a LoopBack application](http://docs.strongloop.com/display/DOC/Creating+a+LoopBack+application) ## Installation npm install loopback-boot ## Usage ```js var loopback = require('loopback'); var boot = require('loopback-boot'); var app = loopback(); boot(app, __dirname); app.use(loopback.rest()); app.listen(); ``` See [API docs](http://apidocs.strongloop.com/loopback-boot/) for complete API reference.