meesrutten / hackathon-master-digital-design

Boilerplate NodeJS

• Server: NodeJS
• Router: Express
• Templating: EJS
• CSS Compiler and minifier: (SCSS) Node SASS Middleware
• Bundling client side: Browserify
• JS minifier & compiler client side: Babel
• Task manager: NPM scripts
• Server auto reload: Nodemon
• client auto reload: Reload

Get started

• Run $ git clone https://github.com/fennadew/boilerplate-nodejs.git in your terminal in the desired directory.

• cd to the repository

• Run npm install to install all dependencies.

• Run npm run serve to start the server. App listens on http://localhost:3000/.

• For deployment, remove the reload script tag before </body> in footer.ejs and reload(app) in app.js. Run npm start to start the server.

Best practice

• Use semicolons
• Write in ES6
• Use const if possible, let when needed.

To do

• Add image compressor
• Add gzip

License

MIT © Fenna de Wilde

Resources

• Babel
• Node-sass-middleware
• Express
• Browserify
• Nodemon
• EJS
• Reload