diff --git a/.editorconfig b/.editorconfig
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+++ b/.editorconfig
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+# EditorConfig helps developers define and maintain consistent
+# coding styles between different editors and IDEs
+# http://editorconfig.org
+
+root = true
+
+[*]
+indent_style = space
+indent_size = 2
+end_of_line = lf
+charset = utf-8
+trim_trailing_whitespace = true
+insert_final_newline = true
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+node_modules
diff --git a/.jshintignore b/.jshintignore
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index 0000000..ee8c771
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.jshintignore
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+/client/
+/node_modules/
diff --git a/.jshintrc b/.jshintrc
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+++ b/.jshintrc
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+{
+  "node": true,
+  "esnext": true,
+  "bitwise": true,
+  "camelcase": true,
+  "eqeqeq": true,
+  "eqnull": true,
+  "immed": true,
+  "indent": 2,
+  "latedef": "nofunc",
+  "newcap": true,
+  "nonew": true,
+  "noarg": true,
+  "quotmark": "single",
+  "regexp": true,
+  "undef": true,
+  "unused": false,
+  "trailing": true,
+  "sub": true,
+  "maxlen": 80
+}
diff --git a/.npmignore b/.npmignore
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index 0000000..7ec7473
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.npmignore
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+.idea
+.project
+*.sublime-*
+.DS_Store
+*.seed
+*.log
+*.csv
+*.dat
+*.out
+*.pid
+*.swp
+*.swo
+node_modules
+coverage
+*.tgz
+*.xml
diff --git a/client/README.md b/client/README.md
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index 0000000..dd00c9e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/client/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+## Client
+
+This is the place for your application front-end files.
diff --git a/common/models/coffee-shop.js b/common/models/coffee-shop.js
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index 0000000..5812a03
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+++ b/common/models/coffee-shop.js
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+module.exports = function(CoffeeShop) {
+
+};
diff --git a/common/models/coffee-shop.json b/common/models/coffee-shop.json
new file mode 100644
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+++ b/common/models/coffee-shop.json
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+{
+  "name": "CoffeeShop",
+  "base": "PersistedModel",
+  "properties": {
+    "name": {
+      "type": "string",
+      "required": true
+    },
+    "city": {
+      "type": "string",
+      "required": true
+    }
+  },
+  "validations": [],
+  "relations": {},
+  "acls": [],
+  "methods": []
+}
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
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+++ b/package.json
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+{
+  "name": "loopback-getting-started",
+  "version": "0.0.0",
+  "main": "server/server.js",
+  "scripts": {
+    "pretest": "jshint ."
+  },
+  "dependencies": {
+    "compression": "^1.0.3",
+    "errorhandler": "^1.1.1",
+    "loopback": "^2.5.0",
+    "loopback-boot": "^2.2.0",
+    "loopback-component-explorer": "^2.1.0",
+    "loopback-datasource-juggler": "^2.7.0",
+    "serve-favicon": "^2.0.1"
+  },
+  "devDependencies": {
+    "jshint": "^2.5.6"
+  }
+}
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diff --git a/server/boot/authentication.js b/server/boot/authentication.js
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index 0000000..a87cd08
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+++ b/server/boot/authentication.js
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+module.exports = function enableAuthentication(server) {
+  // enable authentication
+  server.enableAuth();
+};
diff --git a/server/boot/root.js b/server/boot/root.js
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index 0000000..e106142
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/boot/root.js
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+module.exports = function(server) {
+  // Install a `/` route that returns server status
+  var router = server.loopback.Router();
+  router.get('/', server.loopback.status());
+  server.use(router);
+};
diff --git a/server/component-config.json b/server/component-config.json
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index 0000000..19d1296
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/component-config.json
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+{
+  "loopback-component-explorer": {
+     "mountPath": "/explorer"
+   }
+ }
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diff --git a/server/config.json b/server/config.json
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/config.json
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+{
+  "restApiRoot": "/api",
+  "host": "0.0.0.0",
+  "port": 3000,
+  "remoting": {
+    "context": {
+      "enableHttpContext": false
+    },
+    "rest": {
+      "normalizeHttpPath": false,
+      "xml": false
+    },
+    "json": {
+      "strict": false,
+      "limit": "100kb"
+    },
+    "urlencoded": {
+      "extended": true,
+      "limit": "100kb"
+    },
+    "cors": {
+      "origin": true,
+      "credentials": true
+    },
+    "errorHandler": {
+      "disableStackTrace": false
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/server/datasources.json b/server/datasources.json
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index 0000000..d6caf56
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+++ b/server/datasources.json
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+{
+  "db": {
+    "name": "db",
+    "connector": "memory"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/server/middleware.json b/server/middleware.json
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index 0000000..141017a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/middleware.json
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+{
+  "initial:before": {
+    "loopback#favicon": {}
+  },
+  "initial": {
+    "compression": {}
+  },
+  "session": {
+  },
+  "auth": {
+  },
+  "parse": {
+  },
+  "routes": {
+     "loopback#rest": {
+      "paths": ["${restApiRoot}"]
+    }
+  },
+  "files": {
+    "loopback#static": {
+      "params": "$!../client"
+    }
+  },
+  "final": {
+    "loopback#urlNotFound": {}
+  },
+  "final:after": {
+    "errorhandler": {}
+  }
+}
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diff --git a/server/model-config.json b/server/model-config.json
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+++ b/server/model-config.json
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+{
+  "_meta": {
+    "sources": [
+      "loopback/common/models",
+      "loopback/server/models",
+      "../common/models",
+      "./models"
+    ]
+  },
+  "User": {
+    "dataSource": "db"
+  },
+  "AccessToken": {
+    "dataSource": "db",
+    "public": false
+  },
+  "ACL": {
+    "dataSource": "db",
+    "public": false
+  },
+  "RoleMapping": {
+    "dataSource": "db",
+    "public": false
+  },
+  "Role": {
+    "dataSource": "db",
+    "public": false
+  },
+  "CoffeeShop": {
+    "dataSource": "db",
+    "public": true
+  }
+}
diff --git a/server/server.js b/server/server.js
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+++ b/server/server.js
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+var loopback = require('loopback');
+var boot = require('loopback-boot');
+
+var app = module.exports = loopback();
+
+app.start = function() {
+  // start the web server
+  return app.listen(function() {
+    app.emit('started');
+    var baseUrl = app.get('url').replace(/\/$/, '');
+    console.log('Web server listening at: %s', baseUrl);
+    if (app.get('loopback-component-explorer')) {
+      var explorerPath = app.get('loopback-component-explorer').mountPath;
+      console.log('Browse your REST API at %s%s', baseUrl, explorerPath);
+    }
+  });
+};
+
+// Bootstrap the application, configure models, datasources and middleware.
+// Sub-apps like REST API are mounted via boot scripts.
+boot(app, __dirname, function(err) {
+  if (err) throw err;
+
+  // start the server if `$ node server.js`
+  if (require.main === module)
+    app.start();
+});
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