Rock Solid Express Application Architecture

• bulletproof-nodejs

  10 5,118 0.0 TypeScript

  Implementation of a bulletproof node.js API 🛡️

  The second one and the one I like the most is santiq/bulletproof-nodejs boilerplate with 3k+ stars on GitHub. Unlike the previous one, this boilerplate is much lighter and very well suited for building APIs. It's also written in TypeScript which is a plus and follows a number of design patterns that I like. Although a robust boilerplate I have two issues with this. They are as follows -

• hackathon-starter

  7 34,120 0.0 JavaScript

  A boilerplate for Node.js web applications

  One of these boilerplates is sahat/hackathon-starter with 30k+ stars on GitHub and a huge set of features to get you started with. But what I dislike about this boilerplate is the fact that it's too bloated for my needs. I mostly build APIs with Express and this boilerplate comes with a hefty view layer. I surely can cut that off but other parts of the boilerplate are also well suited for full-stack applications rather than REST APIs.

• Appwrite

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• express-mongo-api-boilerplate

  0 17 0.0 JavaScript

  A rock solid project template for building Node.js APIs

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• javascript

  35 134,656 8.6 JavaScript

  JavaScript Style Guide

  

  I've also tried to comply with many popular Node.js best practices as long as they were within my limits. There are some best practices that I left off intentionally such as the usage of Node.js specific plugins for ESLint. I've been using the amazing airbnb/javascript plugin for all my projects and I'm happy with it. Another practice that I avoid is wrapping common utilities in a separate package. Well I do opt-in for a separate package when I have large number of shared utilities but for simple stuff like the authenticate or authorize middleware, I stick with simple require() statements.

• mongo-express

  1 5,008 0.0 JavaScript

  Web-based MongoDB admin interface, written with Node.js and express

  

  The Makefile contains common bash commands that I use for tasks like starting and stopping the containers, seeding data, seeing logs etc. The docker-compose.yaml file contains definitions for the different services such as the database service, the API itself and a mongo-express service for easy database administration. Source code for the API lives inside src. Top level structure of that directory is as follows -

• TypeScript

  444 91,617 9.9 TypeScript

  TypeScript is a superset of JavaScript that compiles to clean JavaScript output.

  

  The second one and the one I like the most is santiq/bulletproof-nodejs boilerplate with 3k+ stars on GitHub. Unlike the previous one, this boilerplate is much lighter and very well suited for building APIs. It's also written in TypeScript which is a plus and follows a number of design patterns that I like. Although a robust boilerplate I have two issues with this. They are as follows -

• SailsJS

  10 22,583 7.1 JavaScript

  Realtime MVC Framework for Node.js

  

  Without any doubt Express is one of the most popular web frameworks out there. After its initial release on November 16, 2010, Express is still going strong with 50k+ stars on GitHub and being the base for a number of new web frameworks including Sails.js, NestJS, Feathers being the most popular ones.

• Klotho

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• Nodemon.io

  41 25,258 8.8 JavaScript

  Monitor for any changes in your node.js application and automatically restart the server - perfect for development

  The nodemon.json and jest.config.js files are configuration files for nodemon and Jest testing framework.

• Nest

  109 57,117 9.9 TypeScript

  A progressive Node.js framework for building efficient, scalable, and enterprise-grade server-side applications on top of TypeScript & JavaScript (ES6, ES7, ES8) 🚀

  

  Without any doubt Express is one of the most popular web frameworks out there. After its initial release on November 16, 2010, Express is still going strong with 50k+ stars on GitHub and being the base for a number of new web frameworks including Sails.js, NestJS, Feathers being the most popular ones.

• Koa

  16 34,049 8.2 JavaScript

  Expressive middleware for node.js using ES2017 async functions

  

  Part of Express's charm is its simplicity. It's fast, unopinionated and minimal. In other words, Express provides you with a powerful middleware system good enough for building great applications and lets you run free. You can make an entire application within a single app.js file or a robust monolith by replicating the MVC pattern and Express won't complain. This level of freedom while not exclusive to Express (looking at you Koa ) is a blessing and a curse, because you never know the architecture you're following is good enough or not in the long run.

• jest

  140 42,050 9.7 TypeScript

  Delightful JavaScript Testing.

  

  The nodemon.json and jest.config.js files are configuration files for nodemon and Jest testing framework.

• feathers

  21 14,609 9.6 TypeScript

  The API and real-time application framework

  

  Without any doubt Express is one of the most popular web frameworks out there. After its initial release on November 16, 2010, Express is still going strong with 50k+ stars on GitHub and being the base for a number of new web frameworks including Sails.js, NestJS, Feathers being the most popular ones.

• Express

  212 60,976 8.5 JavaScript

  Fast, unopinionated, minimalist web framework for node.

  

  Without any doubt Express is one of the most popular web frameworks out there. After its initial release on November 16, 2010, Express is still going strong with 50k+ stars on GitHub and being the base for a number of new web frameworks including Sails.js, NestJS, Feathers being the most popular ones.

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