express-starter

Express rest api boilerplate

Running locally

• create two mysql db express_starter_development and express_starter_testing
• run npm install && npm update && npm run db:refresh && npm run watch
• tests can be run npm run lint && npm run test
• debug mode can be activated in watch mode npm run debug

Libraries

• Express

  • express
  • body-parser
  • express-async-errors
  • helmet

• Authentication / Authorization

  • bcrypt
  • @slynova/fence
  • Not fully implemented

• Data Layer

  • knex
  • objection
  • mysql

• Logging

  • morgan
  • winston

• Testing / Linting

  • mocha
  • chai
  • supertest
  • eslint

• Utils

  • app-root-path
  • nodemon

PROD

don't forget to set the NODE_ENV to production