Greppy is a top layer framework utilising the Express framework. Greppy extends the functionality of Express and increases the reuseability for common parts of your application. Furthermore, it standardizes an application directory structure which helps you to manage large code bases.

For more details take a look at greppy.org or the Greppy API. If you got any problems, a wish to contribute or to discuss new features take a look at our #greppy IRC channel on freenode.

Features

• Well structured application hierarchy
• Ability to split your application into specific modules
  • These can be started individually or collectively by a worker
  • This enables you to build Cloud/Cluster software with multi-threading/server support
• Easy integration of MongoDB/MariaDB|MySQL ORMs (mongoose, sequelize)
• Configuration and extension support
• Simple but powerful MVC setup to get started with ease
• Rapid Prototyping, simply generate your application scaffold, even with CRUD controllers

Getting Started

Installation

$ npm install -g greppy

Creating a new Project

Open a terminal and go to your usual workspace. The next step is to create a new Greppy project.

$ greppy --new PROJECT_NAME
$ cd PROJECT_NAME
$ greppy --start acme -d

The application directory structure will be created and an initial vendor package installation using npm and bower will be done.

Project Directory Structure

.
├── app
│   ├── config
│   │   └── application.js
│   ├── context
│   │   └── acme.js
│   ├── master.js
│   └── worker.js
├── bin
├── database
│   ├── fixtures
│   └── migrations
├── docs
├── modules
│   └── acme
│       ├── controllers
│       │   └── index.js
│       ├── helpers
│       ├── models
│       └── resources
│           └── views
│               ├── app
│               │   └── home.jade
│               └── layout.jade
├── node_modules
├── public
│   ├── components
│   ├── css
│   ├── img
│   └── js
├── tests
├── var
│   ├── cache
│   ├── log
│   └── run
├── bower.json
├── package.json
└── README.md

Running Tests

To run the test suite just run the following command, which installs the development dependencies:

$ npm install

Run the tests with:

$ make test