Express Skeleton

This is a skeleton for a backend web application using Express.js. It is intended to be used as a starting point for new projects. It is not intended to be a production-ready application.

Using the Skeleton

Fork the repository on GitHub.

Clone the repository to your local machine.

git clone <repository-url> <directory-name>
# Example: git clone https://github.com/9-5-pursuit/express-skeleton my-app-backend

Change into the directory

cd <directory-name>
# Example: cd my-app-backend

Setup a new remote repository on Github so that you don't overwrite the skeleton repository.
Link your local repository to your new remote repository.
```
git remote set-url origin <new-repository-url>
```
Make a small change, then create a new commit to test the remote repository.
```
git add .
git commit -m "Update remote repository"
git push
```

Express Setup

Prerequisites

Node.js - JavaScript runtime
npm - Package manager

Getting Started

# Install dependencies
npm install

# Start the development server
npm run dev

Note: The development server will restart automatically when changes are made to the source code as long as you use Nodemon to start the server and leave the server running. If you stop the server, you will need to restart it manually. We've setup a script in the package.json file to make this the default behavior when you run npm run dev.

Built With

Express - Web framework
dotenv - Environment variables
nodemon - Development server
cors - Cross-origin resource sharing
morgan - HTTP request logger

Additional Notes

Since this is a skeleton, the .env file is included in the repository. This is not recommended for production applications. The .env file should be added to the .gitignore file and the environment variables should be set in the production environment.

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