About

express cli helper is a command-line interface tool that helps you to generates an express project structure pre-configured with the most commonly used packages to speed up your development workflow. Instead of wasting time setting up your project structure, express-cli-helper does the heavy lifting FOR YOU with best-practice architectural patterns to encourage well-structured apps.

Installation

npm install -g express-cli-helper

Features

• Preconfigured database driver (Mongoose and Sequelize)
• Typescript support
• Generate Models, Controllers, Routes, Services and Test files directly from the command
• Easy exception handling
• Beautiful clear code structure
• Integrated Testing tool
• Eslint and Prettier Formatting
• Integrated Basic Security e.t.c

Quick Start

1. Install the package globally npm install -g express-cli-helper

2. Open your command line tool and type the following command to create a new project exp-cli create project-name Subsitute "project-name" with the name of your project.

3. Select your preferred language (Javascript or Typescript) and Database Driver (Mongoose or Sequelize)

4. Once project is installed, configure your environment variables

Commands

| Commands | Description | Example | | ----------------------- | :-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------: | --------------------------: | | create | Creates a new project | exp-cli create project-name | | -m or --model | Create a new model in the model directory | exp-cli -m post | | -c or --controller | Create a new controller in the controller directory | exp-cli -c post | | -s or --service | Create a new service in the service directory | exp-cli -s post | | -r or --route | Create a new route in the route directory | exp-cli -r post | | -R or --resource | Create a new route, model, controller and service in their respective directories | exp-cli -R post | | -u or --utility | Create a new utility file in the utils directory | exp-cli -u random-string | | -M or --middleware | Create a new middleware in the middleware directory | exp-cli -M auth | | -V or --validator | Create a new validator file in the validator directory | exp-cli -v user-validator | | -v or --version | Get express-cli-helper version | exp-cli -v | | -i or --interface | Create a new interface file in the interface directory (Available only on Typescript) | exp-cli -i post | | -U or --unittest | Create a new unit test file in the test directory | exp-cli -U post | | -I or --integrationtest | Create a new integration test file in the test directory | exp-cli -I post | | -T or --test | Create new unit and integration test | exp-cli -U post | | -C or --config | Create a new config file in the config directory | exp-cli -C mail |