atomiq

Microservices with Docker and Node.js (ES6/7)

atomiq provides very lightweight structure and support useful for Express-based microservices. It is not a framework and doesn't get in the way of Express, but it does offer a nice convention for directory-based routing that you can use if you choose to.

Atomiq uses ES6 classes and ES7 async/await. See atomiq-cli for scaffolding microservice packages with full Babel and Docker support.

Routing

Automatic routing is optional. Use the atomiq-cli to generate new projects and examine the sample routes.

Routes are ES6 modules that export a default class.

If you decide to add a constructor to your class, make sure to call super(app):

default export class MyRoute extends Route {
  constructor(app) {
    super(app);

    // you have access to the app and the express router for this route
    this.app ...
    this.router ...
  }
}

All Express/HTTP methods are supported. Any method matching a verb name is automatically added to the router for this route. If you need to use an HTTP verb that is not a valid JavaScript name (there is only one: 'm-search'), you will need to attach it to this.router in the constructor:

this.router['m-search'](req, res) {
  ...
}