Node-Typescript-Boilerplate

Skeleton for Node.js applications written in TypeScript

Purpose

Our main purpose with this Skeleton is to start server application with node js and typescript.

Try it!! we ate happy to hear your feedback or any kind of new features.

Common Features

• Quick start
• Integrated eslint, prettier and husky
• Common Error Handler
• Common Response Handler
• Simple and Standard scaffolding
• Followed SOLID Principles
• Based on Typescript Syntax
• Simple Enviroment Configuration
• Easily Add new feature
• Integrated winston Logger
• Production Ready Skeleton
• Follwed Production Ready Best Practices: Security
• Added only used npm modules
• Unit & Integration Test Cases

Core NPM Modules

• express, @types/express
• @types/node
• typescript
• dotenv
• cors
• helmet
• http-status-codes
• winston, @types/winston

Unit/Integration Test Cases Modules

• jest
• ts-jest
• @types/jest
• supertest
• @types/supertest

Logger Modules

• winston
• @types/winston

Linter, Prettier and Husky Modules

• eslint
• prettier
• husky
• eslint-config-airbnb
• eslint-config-prettier
• eslint-plugin-import
• eslint-plugin-prettier
• @typescript-eslint/eslint-plugin
• @typescript-eslint/parser

Process Manager Modules

• nodemon

Start The application in Development Mode

• Clone the Application git clone https://github.com/NeoSOFT-Technologies/rest-node-typescript.git
• Install the dependencies npm install
• Start the application npm start
• Before starting make sure to creat prod environment .env.local file

Run The Test Cases

• Install the dependencies npm install
• Start the application npm run test
• Before starting make sure to creat prod environment .env.test file

Start The application in Production Mode

• Install the dependencies npm install
• Create the build npm run build
• Start the application npm run start:production
• Before starting make sure to creat prod environment .env.prod file

Project Structure

Name	Description
wiki/	You can add project documentation and insructions file here
src/	Source files
src/abstractions	Abstarct classes and Interfaces
src/components	REST API Components & Controllers
src/environments	Application Environments Handling utility
src/lib	Reusable utilises and library source code like a logger
src/middleware/	Express Middlewares like error handler feature
.vscode/	VSCode tasks, launch configuration and some other settings
build/	Compiled source files will be placed here
tests/	Test cases will be placed here
tests/helpers/	Helpers for test cases will be placed here
tests/unit-tests/	Unit Test cases will be placed here
tests/integration-tests/	API routes (Integration) Test cases will be placed here

Workflow

Default System Health Status API

• ${host}/api/system - Return the system information in response
• ${host}/api/time - Return the current time in response
• ${host}/api/usage - Return the process and system memory usage in response
• ${host}/api/process - Return the process details in response
• ${host}/api/error - Return the error generated object in response

Notes

1. Why is my git pre-commit hook not executable by default?

• Because files are not executable by default; they must be set to be executable.

chmod ug+x .husky/*
chmod ug+x .git/hooks/*

2. Production Best Practices: Security

• Don’t use deprecated or vulnerable versions of Express
• Use TLS
• Use Helmet
• Use cookies securely
• Prevent brute-force attacks against authorization
• Ensure your dependencies are secure
• Avoid other known vulnerabilities
• Additional considerations