mbani01 / express_boilerplate

A secure, robust, and simple boilerplate for building web applications with Node.js and Express.js.

Express.js Boilerplate

This is a secure, robust, and simple boilerplate for creating web applications using Node.js and Express.js. It includes essential security measures to protect against common vulnerabilities, making it suitable for production use.

Features

• Built with security in mind: includes Helmet middleware for important security measures such as HTTP headers.
• Robust error handling: includes error handling middleware that handles both expected and unexpected errors and provides appropriate responses.
• Simple and easy to understand: follows a straightforward file structure and includes comments and documentation to aid in development and maintenance.
• Includes sample routes and middleware for quick prototyping.
• Uses dotenv for environment variable management.
• Modular structure using barrel exports pattern.
• configs and services folders for centralized configuration and reusable services.

Getting Started

1. Clone the repository: git clone https://github.com/mbani01/express_boilerplate.git
2. Install dependencies: npm install
3. Start the server: npm start

File Structure

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├── app.js          // Entry point for the application
├── src
| ├── configs       // Configuration files
| ├── controllers   // Controllers for handling requests
| ├── middlewares   // Custom middleware functions
| ├── models        // Data models
| ├── routes        // Route definitions
| ├── services      // Reusable services
| ├── utils         // Utility functions
├── .env.example    // Example .env file for setting environment variables
├── .gitignore
├── package.json
└── README.md

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! If you find a bug or have a feature request, please open an issue. If you want to contribute code, please fork the repository and create a pull request with your changes.