Express TypeScript Mongoose Starter Pack

A starter template for building Express applications with TypeScript and Mongoose. This template will help you get started quickly with new projects and ensure a consistent setup across your work.

Features

• Express.js for building robust APIs
• TypeScript for static type checking
• Mongoose for MongoDB object modeling
• ESLint for code linting
• Prettier for code formatting
• dotenv for environment variable management
• ts-node-dev for seamless development experience

Installation

1. Clone the Repository

   git clone https://github.com/Tanzeebul-Tamim/Express-Mongoose-TS-Starter_Pack

2. Install Dependencies

   npm install

3. Set Up Environment Variables

   Create a .env file in the root directory and copy the contents of .env.example into it. Update the values as needed.

   cp .env.example .env

Development

Start the development server:

npm run dev

Build

Compile the TypeScript code:

npm run build

Start the production server:

npm run prod

Lint

Run ESLint to check for code issues:

npm run lint

Automatically fix linting issues:

npm run lint:fix

Format

Format your code using Prettier:

npm run format

Project Structure

./project_root
  ├── src
  │   ├── app
  │   │   └── config
  │   │       └── index.ts   # Load environment variables using dotenv from the .env file and export them as configuration options
  │   ├── app.ts             # Express app setup
  │   └── server.ts          # Entry point
  ├── .env.example           # Example environment variables
  ├── .eslintignore          # Specifies files and directories to ignore during ESLint linting
  ├── .eslintrc.json         # ESLint configuration
  ├── .gitignore             # Specifies files and directories to ignore in Git version control
  ├── .prettierrc.json       # Prettier configuration
  ├── package-lock.json      # Records the exact dependency tree generated by npm for a project
  ├── package.json           # NPM scripts, dependencies and dev-dependencies
  └── tsconfig.json          # TypeScript configuration

Contributing

1. Fork the repository.
2. Create a new branch (git checkout -b feature-branch).
3. Make your changes.
4. Commit your changes (git commit -m 'Add some feature').
5. Push to the branch (git push origin feature-branch).
6. Open a pull request.