Express Typescript Template

This template should help get you started developing in Node with Express and TypeScript.

🚀 Get started

# copy env file
cp .env.development .env

# run postgres container with docker-compose
docker-compose -f docker-compose.dev.yml up --build

# install dependencies
npm install

# run server
npm start

# run migrations and seeders
npm run migration
npm run seed

# sign in
curl --request POST \
  --url http://localhost:5001/api/signin \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '{ "email": "admin@mail.com", "password": "123456" }'


# psql basic command

# open connection
psql -U root -d express_db -h localhost
# list all databases
\l
# connect to database
\c express_db
# list all tables
\dt
# table detail
\d "Users"

📦 Dev Environment

• node version 16.14.2 the last LTS
• npm version 8.5.0

👨‍💻 Recommended IDE Setup

• VS Code
• VS Code Extension - Prettier: This is an opinionated code formatter. It enforces a consistent style by parsing your code and re-printing it with its own rules.
• VS Code Extension - PlantUML: This is a useful tool for creating and previewing PlantUML diagrams.

These extensions are configured to be recommended to the user in the first use. You can see the recommended extensions running Show Recommended Extensions from VS Code's command palette,

⚡️ Features

• Express v4.17.1
• Typescript v4.5.4
• Sequelize v6.6.5 - with decorators @sequelize-typescript + Postgres
• Formatter with ESLint rules + Prettier
• Test with Jest
• API documentation with swagger

✒️ Code Styling

• ESLint rules is a tool for identifying and reporting on pattern found in the code, with the goal of making code more consistent and avoid bugs. Here are the rules used for this project:

  • eslint - eslint:recommended.
  • eslint-typescript - plugin:@typescript-eslint/recommended.

🤖 Automation

• Git Hooks with Husky

  • pre-commit - runs lint-staged check
  • commit-msg - runs commitlint check
  • pre-push - runs test script npm run test

• Prettier - is an opinionated code formatter.

  • Auto formatter code on save using eslint-config-prettier

🦾 NPM scripts

Command	Description
npm run serve	Builds and runs the application
npm start	Starts the application in development mode using nodemon and ts-node to do hot reloading.
npm run build	Builds the application at build, cleaning the folder first
npm run lint	Runs lint command.
npm run test	Runs the jest tests once.
npm run test:coverage	Runs the jest coverage once.
npm run test:dev	Runs the jest tests and watches for any change.
npm run migrate	Runs the sequelize-cli command to run migrations.
npm run migrate:undo	Runs the sequelize-cli command to undo migrations.
npm run seed	Runs the sequelize-cli command to run seeders.
npm run seed:undo	Runs the sequelize-cli command to undo seeders.

⚙️ Env variables

Variable	Description
ENV	Environment name. ej. development, test, production
APP_NAME	Application name
APP_PORT	Application port number
LOG_LEVEL	Log level for logging services
DB_USERNAME	Username for database configuration
DB_PASSWORD	Password for database configuration
DB_DATABASE	Database for database configuration
DB_HOST	Host for database configuration
DB_PORT	Port for database configuration
SECRET_KEY_TOKEN	Secret key for access token generation
SECRET_KEY_PASSWORD	Secret key for encrypt password
ADMIN_EMAIL	Email for admin user
ADMIN_USERNAME	Username for admin user
ADMIN_PASSWORD	Password for admin user