create-express-backend

Generator to scaffold Express backend projects using npm init express-backend

Usage

• Creating a new project

npm init express-backend

Run this command inside an empty folder

• Running a generator

npm init express-backend login:local

Run this command inside a folder with a previous generated project

• List available generators

npm init express-backend --list

Folder structure

src/index.js

• Entry point

src/init

• Main generator to init a new project
• Dispatched using:

npm init express-backend <folder>

src/generators

• Folder with all generators
• All generators must be registed in src/generators/index.js:

// src/generators/index.js
const login = require('./login')

module.exports = {
  login,
}

• Example generator dispatched with:

npm init express-backend <generator-name>

src/generator/<generator>/<sub-generator>

• A generator can have sub-generators
• The generator folder must have an index.js file with all sub-generators registered:

// src/generator/login/index.js
const local = require('./local')
const oauth = require('./oauth')

module.exports = {
  local,
  oauth,
}

• The sub-generator can be dispatched with:

npm init express-backend <generator>:<sub-generator>