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https://github.com/nitins87/create-new-express-app
A CLI tool to create a TypeScript Express application with best practices
https://github.com/nitins87/create-new-express-app
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A CLI tool to create a TypeScript Express application with best practices
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/nitins87/create-new-express-app
- Owner: NitinS87
- License: mit
- Created: 2024-08-15T09:13:45.000Z (5 months ago)
- Default Branch: main
- Last Pushed: 2024-09-26T07:14:25.000Z (3 months ago)
- Last Synced: 2024-10-13T06:40:14.549Z (3 months ago)
- Topics: architecture, docker, docker-compose, dotenv, eslint, express, helmet, husky, javascript, jest, morgan, nodejs, nodemon, prettier, supertest, swagger-ui, ts-node-dev, typesc, winston, zod
- Language: TypeScript
- Homepage:
- Size: 90.8 KB
- Stars: 2
- Watchers: 1
- Forks: 0
- Open Issues: 0
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
- Contributing: CONTRIBUTING.md
- License: LICENSE
- Code of conduct: CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md
- Security: SECURITY.md
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README
# Create New Express App
The easiest way to create a new Express app is to use the Create New Express App. The Create New Express App is a tool that generates a new Express app with a predefined folder structure. To create a new Express app using the Create New Express App, follow these steps:
1. Install the Create New Express App globally by running the following command:
```bash
npm install -g create-new-express-app
```
2. Create a new Express app by running the following command:
```bash
create-new-express-app my-express-app
```
Replace `my-express-app` with the name of your app.
Or, you can use the following command to create a new Express app using npx:
```bash
npx create-new-express-app my-express-app
```
3. Change to the newly created app directory by running the following command:
```bash
cd my-express-app
```
## Why use Create New Express App?
The Create New Express App is a great tool for quickly creating a new Express app with a predefined folder structure. It saves you time and effort by generating the boilerplate code for you. This allows you to focus on building your app instead of setting up the project structure. It includes many useful features such as:
- Predefined folder structure: The Create New Express App creates a new Express app with a predefined folder structure that includes directories for routes, views, public files, and more.
- Default middleware: The Create New Express App includes default middleware such as `zod`, `morgan`, and `helmet` to help you get started quickly.
- Logging: The Create New Express App includes logging middleware using `morgan` to log HTTP requests to the console.
- Error handling: The Create New Express App includes error-handling middleware to handle errors that occur during the request-response cycle.
- Zod: The Create New Express App includes Zod for input validation.
- Jest: The Create New Express App includes Jest for testing.
- ESLint: The Create New Express App includes ESLint for linting your code.
- Prettier: The Create New Express App includes Prettier for code formatting.