NodeJS Boilerplate for Express Apps

This repository show you a simple but powerful way to start up your NodeJS Projects with Express.

Get started

1. Clone/Fork this repository
2. install all requirements
   1. node
   2. npm (or yarn)
   3. mysql
3. set the config files
   1. change config/mail.js credentials
   2. change config/database.js credentials
4. start your development server with npm run dev
5. feel free to do what you want to do

Routing

URL	Method	Desc
/	GET	Index Site
/	POST	nothing yet, work on it
/	DELETE	nothing yet, work on it
/mail	GET	view Mail form
/mail	SEND	send mail via nodemailer
/api	GET	Your API starts here

npm Packages

Name	Description
body-parser	Parse incoming request bodies in a middleware before your handlers, available under the req.body property.
connect-flash	The flash is a special area of the session used for storing messages
cookie-parser	Parse Cookie header and populate req.cookies with an object keyed by the cookie names
env-cmd	A simple node program for executing commands using an environment from an env file
express	Fast, unopinionated, minimalist web framework for node
express-session	Create a session middleware
method-override	Lets you use HTTP verbs such as PUT or DELETE in places where the client doesn't support it
morgan	HTTP request logger middleware for node.js
mysql	This is a node.js driver for mysql. It is written in JavaScript, does not require compiling, and is 100% MIT licensed.
nodemailer	Send e-mails from Node.js – easy as cake!
nodemon	nodemon is a tool that helps develop node.js based applications by automatically restarting the node application when file changes in the directory are detected.
pug	Pug is a high performance template engine heavily influenced by Haml and implemented with JavaScript for Node.js and browsers

Directory Overview

config: all your apps configuration files for databases, connections and other 
    - .env-cmdrc.json: all environment variables for your servers
    - database.js: your database connections and table configuration
    - db-test.js: test your database connection with this
    - mail.js: your mail configuration
    - robots.js: creates a custom robot.txt file
    - sitemap-generator.js: creates a custom sitemap
public: all files your Guests can access directly
    - css: your css files
        - main.css: a starter .css file
    - img: all your images
    - js: all your JS scripts
routes: wherever you are routing, keep it simple and structured
    - api.js: here goes every "/api" request
    - index.js: here goes every "/" request 
    - middlewear.js: use middlewear for repeating actions across multiple routes like authorisation/authentication
views: contains all template files for clients view
    - index: all files for index routes
        - index.pug: the index routes view
    - layout.pug: make it easy with a standarized layout for all your files
app.js: entry file to start everything up
.gitignore: ignore some files in your repository that don't matter or don't need to be copied everytime
package.json: overview and scripts for your packages
readme.md: log everything to never forget anything