Nest Rest Mongo Boilerplate
backend with nest (typescript), mongoose, and authentication
Overview
This boilerplate is designed for quickly prototyping backend applications. It includes features such as database integration, logging, security, and authentication. It provides options for both Docker and non-Docker deployments.
Features
- Database integration
- Logging functionality
- Security features
- Authentication capabilities
Non-Docker
- Ensure MongoDB Community is installed locally or have a subscription to Mongo on the cloud by configuring a cluster in Atlas.
- Create a
.envfile using the commandcp .env.example .envand replace the existing environment variables with personal settings (e.g., MongoDB URL). - Modify the connection string in the
.envfile. - Download dependencies using
npm ioryarn. - Start the app in pre-production mode using
npm run startornpm run start:dev.
Docker
- Set up Docker Desktop on the preferred operating system.
- Follow the Docker procedure outlined below.
- Express
Express.js is a simple Node.js framework for single, multi-page, and hybrid web applications.
- Nest
A progressive Node.js framework for building efficient, scalable, and enterprise-grade server-side applications with TypeScript/JavaScript.
- Docker
A website that uses Docker for containerization to streamline development, testing, and deployment workflows. This includes features such as containerization of dependencies, automated builds and deployments, and container orchestration to ensure scalability and availability.
- Typescript
TypeScript is a superset of JavaScript, providing optional static typing, classes, interfaces, and other features that help developers write more maintainable and scalable code. TypeScript's static typing system can catch errors at compile-time, making it easier to build and maintain large applications.
