https://github.com/camelaissani/frontexpress

An Express.js-Style router for the front-end
https://github.com/camelaissani/frontexpress

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An Express.js-Style router for the front-end

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/camelaissani/frontexpress
• Owner: camelaissani
• License: mit
• Created: 2016-06-26T09:34:44.000Z (over 8 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2017-08-04T19:28:06.000Z (about 7 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-05-14T00:34:42.895Z (6 months ago)
• Topics: browser, expressjs, front-end, history, javascript, middleware, navigation, router, spa, spa-application, url, url-parsing
• Language: JavaScript
• Homepage: https://frontexpressjs.com
• Size: 257 KB
• Stars: 259
• Watchers: 9
• Forks: 16
• Open Issues: 3
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE

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An Express.js-Style router for the front-end.

Code the front-end like the back-end. Same language same framework.

[frontexpress demo](https://github.com/camelaissani/frontexpress-demo)

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```js

import frontexpress from 'frontexpress';

// Front-end application

const app = frontexpress();

// handles http 401

app.use((req, res, next)  => {

    if (res.status === 401) {

        window.alert('You are not authenticated! Please sign in.');

    } else {

        next();

    }

});

app.get('/', (req, res) => {

    document.querySelector('.content').innerHTML = 'Hello World!';

});

app.post('/login/:user', (req, res) => {

    document.querySelector('.content').innerHTML = `Welcome ${req.params.user}!`;

});

// start listening front-end requests (emitted/received)

app.listen();

```

## Features

  ✔️ You already know [ExpressJS](http://expressjs.com/) then you know FrontExpress

  ✔️ Simple, minimal core extendable through plugins

  ✔️ Lighweight framework

  ✔️ Build your front-end application by handling routes

  ✔️ Ideal for Single Page Application

  ✔️ Manage ajax requests and browser history

## Installation

#### From npm repository

```bash

$ npm install frontexpress

```

#### From bower repository

```bash

$ bower install frontexpress

```

#### From CDN

On [jsDelivr](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/frontexpress@latest/frontexpress.min.js)

## Documentation

[Website and Documentation](https://frontexpressjs.com)

## Tests

 Clone the repository:

```bash

$ git clone [email protected]:camelaissani/frontexpress.git

$ cd frontexpress

```

 Install the dependencies and run the test suite:

```bash

$ npm install

$ npm test

```

## License

[MIT](LICENSE)