Starter Nuxt / Express / Sequelize App

Docker Setup

# start up development server (yarn dev)
docker-compose up

# start up shell on running container
docker-compose exec node /bin/bash

Build Setup

# install dependencies
$ yarn install

# serve with hot reload at localhost:3000
$ yarn dev

# build for production and launch server
$ yarn build
$ yarn start

# generate static project
$ yarn generate

Sequelize Commands

# create database
sequelize db:create

# run migration
sequelize db:migrate

# run seeders
sequelize db:seed:all

# generate Sequelize model
sequelize model:generate --name Post --attributes title:string,body:string

# generate migration file
sequelize migration:generate --name add-index-to-posts

ExpressJS

Express code sits in the /api directory. Define new routes in /api/routes and add them to the server in /api/index.js

CDK

This started also provides a CDK script to provision the app on AWS. To use:

• Enter Docker container: docker-compose exec node /bin/bash
• Edit infra/bin/app.ts and enter the account id, region and VPC id values
• Set AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID and AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY in your environment
• Deploy the app: cdk deploy appProd

References

• Nuxt
• Sequelize
• ExpressJS