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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 -
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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.
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SurveyJS
Open-Source JSON Form Builder to Create Dynamic Forms Right in Your App. With SurveyJS form UI libraries, you can build and style forms in a fully-integrated drag & drop form builder, render them in your JS app, and store form submission data in any backend, inc. PHP, ASP.NET Core, and Node.js.
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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.
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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 -
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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 -
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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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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.
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Nest
A progressive Node.js framework for building efficient, scalable, and enterprise-grade server-side applications with TypeScript/JavaScript 🚀
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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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.
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The nodemon.json and jest.config.js files are configuration files for nodemon and Jest testing framework.
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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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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.
