# LoopBack Boot

A convention-based bootstrapper for LoopBack applications.

For full documentation, see the official StrongLoop documentation: [Application initialization](http://docs.strongloop.com/display/LB/Application+initialization) and [Creating a LoopBack application](http://docs.strongloop.com/display/LB/Creating+a+LoopBack+application).

## Overview

The loopback-boot module initializes (bootstraps) a LoopBack application.  Specifically, it:
 - Configures data-sources.
 - Defines custom models
 - Configures models and attaches models to data-sources.
 - Configures application settings
 - Runs additional boot scripts, so you can put custom setup code in multiple small files instead of in the main application file.

For more information, see [Application initialization](http://docs.strongloop.com/display/LB/Application+initialization).

### Version notes

The version range `1.x` is backwards compatible with `app.boot` provided
by LoopBack 1.x versions and the project layout scaffolded by `slc lb project`
up to slc version 2.5.

The version range `2.x` supports the new project layout as scaffolded by
`yo loopback`.

This document describes the configuration conventions of the `2.x` versions.
See the [official documentation](http://docs.strongloop.com/display/LB/Application+initialization)
for instructions on upgrading existing projects.

## 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.

## License

This module is provided under dual MIT/StrongLoop license.  See [LICENSE](LICENSE) for details.