Boilerplate Js

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A boilerplate designed to speed up the process of building new projects in the JavaScript programming language. It comes fully equipped with essential configurations for tools commonly used in web development, including Webpack, Babel, Jest, Express, ESLint, Stylelint and Prettier.

Overview

JavaScript Boilerplate is a project designed to speed up the process of building new projects in the JavaScript programming language. It includes the basic configuration of tools such as Webpack, Babel, Jest, ESLint, and Prettier. The purpose of this boilerplate is to save time on configuring commonly used web development tools and allow developers to focus on creating amazing things.

Features

  • Webpack configuration: The boilerplate provides a webpack configuration that is split into three files to separate development and production environments. It also includes support for webpack-dev-server and various plugins such as html-webpack-plugin, copy-webpack-plugin, mini-css-extract-plugin, css-minimizer-webpack-plugin, and terser-webpack-plugin.
  • ECMAScript conversion: The boilerplate includes a configuration for converting ECMAScript 2015+ code to a backwards compatible version of JavaScript.
  • Jest configuration: It includes a configuration for Jest, a testing framework, allowing developers to perform unit tests and generate code coverage.
  • Node.js and Express server: The boilerplate comes with a simple server built with Node.js and Express that allows you to deploy your application to Heroku.
  • ESLint: The boilerplate includes ESLint, a tool for static analysis of JavaScript code to find existing problems.
  • Code formatting: It also includes Prettier, a code formatter to ensure consistent code style in all supported files.

Summary

JavaScript Boilerplate is a project aimed at accelerating the process of setting up new JavaScript projects. It provides a preconfigured setup with tools like Webpack, Babel, Jest, ESLint, and Prettier. The boilerplate includes features such as webpack configuration, ECMAScript conversion, Jest configuration for testing, Node.js and Express server, ESLint for static analysis, and code formatting. By using this boilerplate, developers can save time on setting up commonly used tools and focus more on creating amazing things.