server-templates

These server templates are here to get you started fast with some best-practices baked in.

Quick Start

Install Python

Mac

Install homebrew for easily installing lots of things. Then:

brew install python

Windows

Install scoop for easily installing lots of things. Then:

scoop install python

Linux

Install python from your distribution's package manager.

Install Cookiecutter

# install cookiecutter (if not already present)
pip install cookiecutter

# confirm cookiecutter is available
cookiecutter

Installing a template from the library

cookiecutter gh:maayanlab/server-templates --directory [some-template-directory-name]

Answer all the prompts and a directory with your application ready to go will be generated. Open the generated folder and read the README.md for more information on moving forward with the template.

Selecting a Template

Each template is labeled by the technologies it uses. More information can be found by clicking the template directory and reviewing the README, and additional information will be in the README you get once your project is created. Some of the technologies used are described briefly below:

• flask: A light-weight, web application framework for tiny python-driven applications
• javascript: Javascript server (nodejs) / client (browser)
• nginx: A high-performance yet light-weight web server and load balancer
• python: The python 3 programming language; version 2 is deprecated
• react: A javascript frontend framework for HTML in Javascript
• typescript: A type-safe variant of javascript with improved developer experience
• nextjs: A full-stack javascript framework for joint frontend-backend development using react

Developing a cookiecutter (from cookiecutter docs)

This is general how-it's-made information. You don't need to follow any of these steps to develop a project.

Input

This is the directory structure for a simple cookiecutter::

cookiecutter-something/
├── {{ cookiecutter.project_name }}/  <--------- Project template
│   └── ...
├── README.md                     <--------- A helpful README
│
│
└── cookiecutter.json             <--------- Prompts & default values

You must have:

• A cookiecutter.json file.
• A {{ cookiecutter.project_name }}/ directory, where project_name is defined in your cookiecutter.json.

Beyond that, you can have whatever files/directories you want.

Output

This is what will be generated locally, in your current directory:

mysomething/  <---------- Value corresponding to what you enter at the
│                         project_name prompt
│
└── ...       <-------- Files corresponding to those in your
                        cookiecutter's `{{ cookiecutter.project_name }}/` dir