This template creates a basic Node.js / Express.js API using babel. It also sets up nice defaults for eslint and prettier.
Check out the blog post explaining how to build this from scratch: https://medium.com/javascript-in-plain-english/a-minimal-node-js-express-babel-setup-part-1-6be7b3f3bb55
...and part 2: https://medium.com/javascript-in-plain-english/a-minimal-node-js-setup-part-2-eslint-prettier-vs-code-7963768dbb30