szenadam / expresjs-mvc-starter-template

Starter template for an ExpressJS MVC application

ExpressJS MVC Starter Template

Description

Starter template for an ExpressJS MVC application, using Pug for a view engine.

Requirements

• Nodejs >= v12
• Visual Studio Code (suggested)
  • ESLing extension
  • Prettier extension

Libraries used

• ExpressJS
• Nodemon for watching code change
• Dotenv for loading environment variables
• ESLint for linting
• Prettier for code style consistency

Usage

On windows open a Powershell terminal and run:

.\initialize_app.ps1 new-app-dir-name

On Linux macOS:

bash initialize_app.sh new-app-dir-name

Start in development mode

1. npm install
2. npm run start:dev

Lint

npm run lint

Fix prettier errors

npm run style:fix