Typescript Express Boilerplate

This boilerplate is a generic “template” for a web application based on following modules:

Type	Module
Web Framework	ExpressJS 4
Orm	TypeORM
Logging	Winston
Utilities	Async Dotenv LOdash
Testing	Jest Supertest Sinon,JS
Linting	ESlint Prettier
Artwork	by faudas

Made in Italy

How to start

1. Clone repository and Install dependencies

$ git clone https://github.com/d4rkstar/ts-express-boilerplate.git my-awesome-project
$ cd my-awesome-project
$ yarn install

1. Build sources

$ yarn run build

1. If you need, create a database

2. Copy .env.example to .env

3. Edit .env file and put required variables

4. Migrate database

5. To run tests

$ yarn run test

1. To start

$ yarn run start

Info

Before start coding, ensure to:

• Remove the .git folder
• Start a new repo, doing a git init . inside the project folder and adding files with git add .
• Add a remote url to your git: git remote set-url origin <url>
• Adjust the package.json author and remote git repo. Now you can use the publish.sh script command:

$ ./publish.sh "my-awesome-project" "My Awesome Project API Endpoint test" "Me"
File package.json was updated!
💥 Removing CircleCI original dir
💥 Removing Art original dir
🖋️ Generating new README.md
🔥 Republish Completed!

• Copy .env.example to .env and adjust variables at your needs

If you need to use database and typeorm:

• Set USE_TYPEORM to the value of 1 in .env
• Add a database if you need it and configure datasources (under then datasources folder)

If you don’t need to use database and typeorm:

• Set USE_TYPEORM to the value of 0 in .env

To add new routes and routers, check the App::mountRoutes method.

It’s quite simple to add new routes!

Docker

1. Build image

$ docker build -t ts-express-boilerplate .

1. Run image :)

$ docker run -d -p 3000:3000 --name ts-express-boilerplate ts-express-boilerplate:latest

Migrations :-)

Create an entity

$ yarn run typeorm entity:create src/entities/User

and modify at your needs. Then generate migration for this Entity:

$ yarn run  typeorm migration:generate -d dist/Datasource.js src/migrations/use

Finally run migrations:

$ yarn run migrate-dev

Info: migrate-dev will build js source before run migrations. If you need to run migrations in prod (!!), you can
consider the migrate script.
Adjust datasources at your needs.

Coding guidelines

I suggest reading this useful article:

Using ESLint and Prettier in a TypeScript Project

To activate ESlint in Webstorm, follow this link:

ESLint in Webstorm

To use ESlint from command line:

$ eslint --fix --ignore-path .eslintignore src/*.ts

Some useful references:

• TypeORM - http://typeorm.io/#
• TypeScript Deep Dive - https://basarat.gitbooks.io/typescript/content
• Tutorial on Typescript - https://blog.risingstack.com/building-a-node-js-app-with-typescript-tutorial
• Cheatsheet - https://www.sitepen.com/blog/typescript-cheat-sheet

For testing:

• Jest - https://jestjs.io/docs
• Supertest - https://github.com/visionmedia/supertest
• Superagent - http://visionmedia.github.io/superagent/#post-put-requests
• Sinon - https://sinonjs.org
• Tutorial typescript api - https://tutorialedge.net/typescript/testing-typescript-api-with-jest

Deploy to openshift

• Automatic build and deploy - http://www.admin-magazine.com/Archive/2018/47/Automatic-build-and-deploy-with-OpenShift-and-GitLab-CI