Kitchen

The ultimate kitchen for making tasty Node waffles!

Features

Basic Express app ready to handle routes, body parsing, and asset serving
Set up to render full pages and partials
Swig JS integration for fast template rendering on the server
Atomic design pattern via Stylus
Automated tasks via NPM

Getting Started

First, make sure you have the latest versions of Node and NPM installed on your machine. The easiest way to do this is with Homebrew or NVM.

Then install all dependencies via NPM:

npm install

Start the Node application and automated build tasks in local development mode via NPM:

npm start

Automated Tasks

All automated tasks are ran via NPM and are configured in the package.json file. This removes the need for unnecessary complexity introduced by build systems like Grunt or Gulp. Inspired by this blog post: How To Use NPM as a Build Tool

Deploying With Dokku

The easiest way to get any Node app running is to use Dokku. Spin up a Dokku droplet on Digital Ocean: Dokku Droplet by Digital Ocean

Note: Droplet must have at least 1GB of RAM or else the build will fail.

Here are some miscellaneous tips:

Add Git Remote to Deploy:

git remote add dokku dokku@mydomain.com:my-app-name
git push dokku master

Routing App to Root Domain:

dokku domains:add my-app-name mydomain.com

Configure SSL/HTTPS Via Let's Encrypt:

Read documentation here: Dokku - Let's Encrypt

App Crash Restart Policy:

dokku ps:set-restart-policy my-app-name always

Check Error Logs:

dokku ls
docker logs <container ID>

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