djengineer / express-nodejs-starter-kit

Express Starter kit for quick prototyping Node.js webapps.

Express-Nodejs-Starter-Kit

by © djengineer 2018

Date updated: 03 April 2018

Purpose:

This starter kit includes a starting bootstrap jumbotron template using bootstrap-4.0.0, Node.js 8, Express and Embedded JS(EJS).

This is a basic template to jumpstart lightweight Node.js webapps using the Express(4) framework. This template also includes examples on how to parse data to the EJS frontend, templating and Rest elements

Installation:

• Pull the files into a root working directory
• Run the linux bash scripts
• During npm init, enter the relevant details. It is possible to just leave it blank and hit enter. Do so for the details that will be prompted.

Running the server:

node server.js

Mongodb Server

// after installing mongodb from the linux scripts, use mongod for the mongodb server
mongod

// for mongodb shell, use mongo 
mongo

Model-View-Controller in the starter-kit

In the starter kit, we are using Students as models, routes in this case would be the controller in MVC.

Auth0

Auth0 integration is included