generate-node-project

Generate a complete NodeJS app (API) with babel, jest, Sequelize, JWT already configured for you.

• Creating an App – How to create a new app.

Generate Node Project works on macOS, Windows, and Linux.
If something doesn’t work, please file an issue.
If you have questions or need help, please ask via email: luc.bayo@gmail.com

Installation

npm i -g generate-node-project

or

yarn global add generate-node-project

Quick Overview

generate-node-project new_node
cd new_node
npm start

Get Started Immediately

You don’t need to install or configure tools like babel, eslint, sequelize, jest, mocha, mongodb, etc....
They are pre-configured and working, so that you can focus on the code.

Create a project, and you’re good to go.

Creating an App

You’ll need to have Node 8.16.0 or Node 10.16.0 or later version on your local development machine

To create a new app, you may choose one of the following methods:

generate-node-project

generate-node-project new_node

OR create-node-api

create-node-api new_node

It will create a directory called new_node inside the current folder.
Inside that directory, it will generate the initial project structure and install the required dependencies:

new_node
├── README.md
├── node_modules
├── package.json
├── .gitignore
├── .eslintrc
├── .jest.config.js
├── .env
├── app.js
├── index.js
├── __tests__
└── src
    ├── config
    ├── controllers
    ├── routes
    ├── models
    ├── migrations
    └── seeders

Now all the configurations and folder structures are done for you.
Once the installation is done, you can open your project folder:

cd new_node

Inside the newly created project, you can run some existing commands:

npm start or yarn start

Runs the app in development mode.
And it will be available on http://localhost:3000.

npm test or yarn test

Runs the test.

More Commands:

Generate basic NodeJs API: javascript

generate-node-project app_name --skip

Generate basic NodeJs API: typscript

generate-node-project app_name --template=typescript

View all available commands

generate-node-project --help