Scaffnode
My personally preferred node.js webapp scaffold: Node.js + ExpressJS + Nunjucks Templates + SASS + Mocha/Chai/Karma + Svelte based frontend
Overview
This product is a Node.js web-app scaffolding that is designed to help developers quickly start a project using Node.js and popular Node.js modules such as Express.js, Bunyan logs, Multer file uploads, and Nunjucks HTML templates. It is meant to be a flexible solution that can adapt to individual preferences and requirements.
Features
- Node.js Integration: Easily integrate the scaffolding with Node.js projects to start development quickly.
- Popular Node.js Modules: Comes with pre-installed and configured modules like Express.js, Bunyan logs, Multer file uploads, and Nunjucks HTML templates.
- Frontend Support: Includes a frontend setup based on Svelte for building single-page applications.
- Backend API Testing: Set up for backend API tests using Mocha and superagent.
- Frontend Testing: Supports frontend tests using Jest.
- i18n Multi-language Support: Provides multi-language support with example language files and usage instructions.
- Production Build: Includes a build process for generating a production-ready frontend.
- Live Deploy Helpers: Offers NGINX config and SystemD service files in the deploy folder, with the option to use pm2 as well.
Summary
The scaffnode is a Node.js web-app scaffolding designed to simplify the initial setup of a project using Node.js and popular Node.js modules. It provides integration with Node.js, pre-installed modules like Express.js and Bunyan logs, support for building frontend applications, testing capabilities, multi-language support, and deployment helpers. By using scaffnode, developers can quickly set up a development environment and start building their projects with ease.
- Express
Express.js is a simple Node.js framework for single, multi-page, and hybrid web applications.
- Svelte
Svelte is a modern front-end framework that compiles your code at build time, resulting in smaller and faster applications. It uses a reactive approach to update the DOM, allowing for high performance and a smoother user experience.
- Templates & Themes
A template or theme refers to a pre-designed layout or structure that provides a basic framework for building a specific type of application or website. It typically includes good design, placeholder content and functional features, allowing developers to customize and fill in the details according to their specific needs.
- Eslint
ESLint is a linter for JavaScript that analyzes code to detect and report on potential problems and errors, as well as enforce consistent code style and best practices, helping developers to write cleaner, more maintainable code.
- Webpack
Webpack is a popular open-source module bundler for JavaScript applications that bundles and optimizes the code and its dependencies for production-ready deployment. It can also be used to transform other types of assets such as CSS, images, and fonts.