Adds distribution with built package

.gitignore

@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@ node_modules/
 bundles/
 PIG/bundles/
 Parse-Dashboard/public/bundles/
-
+Parse-Dashboard/parse-dashboard-config.json
+dist/
 npm-debug.log
 
 // vim .swp

Parse-Dashboard/index.js

@@ -33,6 +33,11 @@ app.use(express.static(path.join(__dirname,'public')));
 app.get('/parse-dashboard-config.json', function(req, res) {
   jsonFile(configFile)
   .then(config => {
+    config.data.apps.forEach((app) => {
+      if (!app.appName) {
+        return res.send({ success: false, error: 'An application is misconfigured, appName is required' });
+      }
+    });
     var response = {apps: config.data.apps};
     var users = config.data.users;
     //If they provide auth when their config has no users, ignore the auth

README.md

@@ -104,6 +104,16 @@ If you are not familiar with Docker, ``--port 8080`` with be passed in as argume
 
 ## Deploying in production
 
+For production deployments, it's recommended to use the npm package
+
+1. Create a folder for your project
+2. run `$ npm init`
+3. Create your dashboard.json in the root ot your project
+4. run `$ npm install --save parse-dashboard`
+5. add a start script in your package.json  `"start": "parse-dashboard --config ./dahsboard.json"` 
+6. run `$ npm start`
+
+
 If you're deploying to a provider like Heroku, or Google App Engine, the SSL endpoint is terminated early and handled by the provider and you may encounter this error `Parse Dashboard can only be remotely accessed via HTTPS`. 
 
 :warning: :warning: Before going further, make sure your server **cannot** be reachable via **HTTP**. See the provider documentation for force HTTPS connections to your deployment.
@@ -114,11 +124,12 @@ To start your server use:
 
 `$ npm start`
 
-
 Optionally you can use the command line arguments:
 
 `$ npm start -- --config path/to/config.json --port 8080 --allowInsecureHTTP=1`
 
+Or update you start script with the accoring configuration.
+
 All paramters are optional and their default values are:
 
 

bin/parse-dashboard

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env node
+require('../dist/Parse-Dashboard');

gulpfile.js

@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+var gulp = require('gulp');
+var webpack = require('webpack');
+var webpackConfig = require("./webpack/production.config");
+
+var dist = './dist/Parse-Dashboard';
+var bundlesDir = './production/bundles';
+
+gulp.task('webpack', function(callback) {
+  // run webpack
+  webpack(webpackConfig, function(err, stats) {
+    if(err) throw new gutil.PluginError('webpack', err);
+    callback();
+  });
+});
+
+gulp.task('bundles', ['webpack'], function(){
+  gulp.src([bundlesDir + '/dashboard.bundle.js', bundlesDir + '/sprites.svg'])
+    .pipe(gulp.dest(dist + '/public/bundles/'));
+})
+
+gulp.task('static', ['bundles'], function() {
+  gulp.src(['./Parse-Dashboard/**/*', // all files
+            '!./Parse-Dashboard/*.json',  // but the config
+            '!./Parse-Dashboard/public/bundles/*']) // but the bundles
+    .pipe(gulp.dest(dist));
+});
+
+gulp.task('default', ['static', 'bundles']);

package.json

@@ -1,5 +1,15 @@
 {
-  "private": true,
+  "name": "parse-dashboard",
+  "description": "The parse dashboard",
+  "version": "2.0.0",
+  "repository": {
+    "type": "git",
+    "url": "https://github.com/ParsePlatform/parse-dashboard"
+  },
+  "license": "LicenseRef-LICENSE",
+  "files": [
+    "dist" 
+  ],
   "dependencies": {
     "babel-runtime": "~5.8.25",
     "basic-auth": "^1.0.3",
@@ -22,6 +32,7 @@
     "babel-loader": "~5.3.0",
     "babel-plugin-remove-proptypes": "~1.0.0",
     "css-loader": "~0.18.0",
+    "gulp": "^3.9.1",
     "http-server": "~0.8.5",
     "immutable-devtools": "~0.0.4",
     "jest-cli": "^0.7.1",
@@ -40,9 +51,11 @@
     "build": "NODE_ENV=production webpack --config webpack/production.config.js && webpack --config webpack/PIG.config.js",
     "test": "NODE_PATH=./node_modules jest",
     "generate": "node scripts/generate.js",
-    "preinstall": "git update-index --skip-worktree Parse-Dashboard/parse-dashboard-config.json",
-    "prestart": "webpack --config webpack/build.config.js --progress",
-    "start": "node ./Parse-Dashboard/index.js"
+    "prepublish": "gulp",
+    "start": "node ./dist/Parse-Dashboard/index.js"
+  },
+  "bin": {
+    "parse-dashboard": "./bin/parse-dashboard"
   },
   "engines": {
     "node": ">=4.3"