bjnortier / stack

HTTP web stack I use for projects

stack

Stack is a template that I use for writing web apps.

It is not meant to be installed from npm, so use degit to fetch the latest code and create a new scaffold.

Stack details

• Express for http[s].
• React for UI
• Redux for UI state.
• Babel 7 & Webpack for front-end packaging and back-end ES* support.
• PostgreSQL database.
• Redis for sessions.
• StandardJS
• Mocha for unit & api testing.
• Minimui for React form components.

Usage

• To create a new project called foo foo:

$ npm i -g degit
$ degit bjnortier/stack foo

• Edit package.json to the new project name, git repo etc.
• Create a dev and api database in Postgres using createdb, e.g. createdb foo_dev && createdb foo_api.
• Create .dev-env and .api-env (replace db names, ports and secret with your own values). E.g.:

cat > .dev-env
export NODE_ENV=development
export PORT=3107
export SESSION_SECRET=ff12
export DATABASE_URL=postgres://:@localhost/dev_foo

cat > .api-env
export NODE_ENV=api
export PORT=3108
export SESSION_SECRET=b301a
export DATABASE_URL=postgres://:@localhost/api_foo

Install dependencies:

$ npm i

Create the database tables:

$ psql dev_foo

Paste the contents of db/create_tables_v2.sql into the console.

Test

Run the unit and api tests:

$ npm test

Run the app in dev mode