Read Me FIRST! - Requires NodeJS Version 18 or higher

Do NOT edit this README. Go to apps/README.md to view and edit user README

Built from https://github.com/es-labs/express-template.

For template design principles, see https://github.com/ais-one/cookbook#important---read-me-first

Template Maintenance

1 - Setup to allow incoming merge from upstream template update

# run once only after you `clone`, or `fork` or `delete .git and run git init`
./setup-upstream.sh

2 - Setup for your custom code

# setup your env file
cp apps/.env.sample apps/.env # secret properties can be in apps/.env.secret

Important notes

• DO NOT develop custom code in apps/app-sample. Rename it or copy it to another folder name
• In apps/apploader.js, change app-sample to the folder you are using
• userland changes ONLY in the apps folder, NEVER outside the folder. Contact template maintainer if you need something outside apps
• do note any conflicts to resolve when merging from upstream

3 - Updating the template

# Commit and push to remote before running commands below
git fetch upstream # includes tags
git pull upstream <branch or tag> --no-rebase
# NO MORE IN USE git merge upstream/<branch or tag> --allow-unrelated-histories
# There may be some template related merge conflicts to resolve.

Suggested Conventions

• branch
  • main = stable
  • work = working branch
  • feat-
  • bugfix-
• release tags
  • use semver, e.g. 1.2.3
  • should tag main branch

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Install & Run & Test

# clone repo
git clone https://github.com/es-labs/express-template.git
cd express-template
npm i
cd apps/<your custom development folder> default is `app-sample`
npm i

cd ../../.. # go back up
npm run start # see ./package.json scripts
# windows npm run start:win

# OR to include eslint checks - linux
NODE_ENV=development npm run app:lint # ok?

Local development sample sqlite DB apps/app-sample/dev.sqlite3 already created and populated

If need to migrate and seed, refer to dbdeploy package in tools workspace of https://github.com/es-labs/jscommon

Visit the following URLs

• http://127.0.0.1:3000/api/healthcheck - app is running normally
• http://127.0.0.1:3000 - Website served by Express with functional samples and demos
• http://127.0.0.1:3000/docs - OpenAPI documentation
• http://127.0.0.1:3000/native/index.html -

NOTES

• No bundler frontend
  • import only vue & vue-router at index.html, pure vanilla JS no webpack or other bundler
  • export const store = reactive({}) used instead of Vuex

Unit & Integration Tests:

• To run unit & integration test on /api/categories endpoint. E2E testing is Work In Progress
• TO TEST EVERYTHING PLEASE change describe.only(...) to describe(...) in the test scripts in apps/app-sample/tests

See package.json

# run in development only
npm run test

Running Using Docker/Podman

For running using docker/podman

docker build -t express-template --target production --build-arg ARG_NODE_ENV=dev --build-arg ARG_API_PORT=3000 .
docker run -p 3000:3000 express-template

Vite SPA Setup & Run - development environment

See https://github.com/es-labs/vue-antd-template for a SPA frontend template that can be used with projects based on this template

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Project Structure & Features

See apps/README.md

Features include SAML. OIDC, OAuth, Fido2 login, Push Notifications

CI/CD & Cloud Deployment

Deployment Using Github Actions

• .github/workflows/deploy-cr.yml TODO
  • selectable inputs
    • git repo branch / tag
    • container repo tag

Build image and deploy to a container registry

NOTE secrets will not be in repo for CI/CD, those should be put in VAULT

Current Github Secrets

• CR_USERNAME: container registry login username (for deployment)
• CR_PASSWORD: container registry login password (for deployment)

Current Github Variables

• CR_HOST: container registry host (for deployment)
• CR_NS: container registry namespace (for deployment)
• CR_IMAGENAME: The image name. If not specified, the repository name will be used

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References

• https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/338597/folder-by-type-or-folder-by-feature
• https://kentcdodds.com/blog/how-i-structure-express-apps