kick-off-express

A CLI to bootstrap new express projects.

A good starting point for your new express project. Don't worry about setting-up tooling and configurations. This tool will set-up and configure:

• nodemon - monitors any changes in your source and automatically restarts your server.
• babel - converts new JavaScript syntax / next generation JavaScript into a backwards compatible version.
• prettier - enforce code-formatting rules.
• eslint - encforce code-quality rules. Airbnb style guide configured.
• jest - testing framework

Create an App

npx

npx kick-off-express my-app

This will generate the project structure below:

my-app
.
+-- .prettierrc
+-- package.json
+-- jest.config.js
+-- .eslintrc.json
+-- .babelrc
+-- src
|   +-- index.js
|   +-- server.js
|   +-- __tests__
+-- package.lock.json
+-- node_modules

Development

npm start runs the app in development mode. Open http://localhost:3000.

Production

Precompile assets using npm run build. Use npm run serve to start the server in production.

Testing

Jest is configured and a sample test has been written. Run tests using npm test.

License

MIT