This is an Express server template that includes PostgreSQL support, providing a quick and easy starting point for building web applications.
To use this template, run the following command to generate a new project based on this template:
npx degit hossaini310/express-postgres-templ your-project
This will create a new directory called your-project
that contains the files from this template. Next, navigate to the new directory and install the required dependencies with npm install
. Once the dependencies are installed, the server can be started with npm run dev
which will start a development server that will automatically restart when files are changed. For production, you can use npm run start
which will start a production server.
The following steps are required to set up and use this template:
- Generate a new project based on this template with the command:
npx degit hossaini310/express-postgres-templ your-project
- Create a
.env
file in the root directory of the project and add the variables from the.env.example
file - Install the required dependencies with
npm install
- Start the development server with
npm run dev
- Start the production server with
npm run start
This template uses the following technologies:
- Express: A minimalistic web framework for Node.js
- Node.js: A JavaScript runtime environment that allows server-side applications to be written in JavaScript
- npm: A package manager for JavaScript libraries and tools
This template uses the following npm packages:
- colors: A library for adding colors and styles to the console output
- dotenv: A library for loading environment variables from a
.env
file - express: The Express web framework
- is-my-json-valid: A library for validating JSON objects
- morgan: A middleware package for logging HTTP requests
- nodemon: A tool for automatically restarting the server when files are changed
- eslint: A linter for JavaScript and TypeScript
- eslint-config-airbnb-base: An ESLint configuration preset for the Airbnb JavaScript style guide
- eslint-plugin-import: An ESLint plugin for linting import statements
For more information on using Express, I recommend the following resources:
- The Express documentation
- An introduction tutorial on the Mozilla Developer Network
- A video tutorial on YouTube by Traversy Media
For learning about PostgreSQL, consider these resources:
- The PostgreSQL official documentation
- A tutorial on PostgreSQL by PostgreSQL Tutorial website
- A video tutorial on YouTube by freeCodeCamp.org
These resources should provide a good starting point for learning more about Express and PostgreSQL.