soelinn / express-ts-starter

Minimalistic starter-kit for ExpressJS app using TypeScript.

Introduction

This repo is a barebone minimalistic starter-kit for TypeScript-based ExpressJS (https://expressjs.com/) app.

Simplicity

In order to build and run the app, you have to execute only 2 NPM script commands.

Dependencies

• ExpressJS
• ExpressJS Middlewares
  • Compression - https://github.com/expressjs/compression
  • Helmet - https://helmetjs.github.io/
• TypeScript
• NPM (or) Yarn

Install, Build, Run

Install node package dependencies:

$ npm install

Build:

$ npm run build

Run ExpressJS server:

$ npm start

Recommendation

Keep all TypeScript source files in the src folder.

Future Goals

• Add more sample code like Routes, Controllers, and Views
• Add Webpack
• Add unit-test sample code for Jest