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Mean.io comes with a built in user model within the user package. What is the best practice for extending that user model if I want to attach additional data to it? My experience with Django had me creating a "profile" that had a foreign key pointing towards the user object it belonged to. I like this approach because I don't touch the user package that way. But is this a best practice? If this is, how can I ensure the creation of a profile doc at the creation of a user doc? If not, what is? I'm not sure qm69's solution would be the best for future compatibility with mean. In the mean.io

I am getting subject error while registering a simple Mean Application through http://localhost:3000/auth/register , that I have simply created using mean init command. pbkdf2 or crypto is generating the error and I have no idea where to look for it. I have done lots of different things like cleared npm cache, reinstalled using npm etc. Please help me out. Following is some more information. Mean --version: 0.12.15 npm --version: 5.0.3 node --version: v8.1.0 bower --version: 1.8.0 gulp --version: CLI and Local: 3.9.1 Code for model.UserSchema.methods.hashPassword (D:\Projects\Mean

I am trying to create an application for sports event management system using MEAN.io Since it uses the modular approach, there are different packages that comes in skeleton application like system , users , access . What i want to do is make a new package called players and it should extend the users package. The players schema would contain extra fields section and teams .So how do I extend the User Schema of users package in players package? You can make your players package be dependent on users. Players.register(function(app, auth, users, database) {...}); You now have access to the

How to use socket.io in Mean.io stack? First of all, Mean.io changes their folder structure very regularly.. So my question is where is the best place to configure socket.io ? or is it better to use express.io ? Second I am still not quite sure where to look for to find code that tells mean.io to listen for port, I have found a port is defined in config folder in all.js file, but real problem is as soon as I define server.listen(port) app doesn't load. and if I don't app loads but socket.io doesn't work. Also I have another question about /socket.io/socket-io.js file? I have copied that in