boilerplate-app

A boilerplate code to save time making a new Node.js app.

To make a new app:

• Clone this repo with git clone https://github.com/igorlukanin/boilerplate-app.git <folder>
• Install default packages: npm install --save bluebird compression config ect express rethinkdb
• Change files
• Run the app: npm run website — or better supervisor -e js,ect -x npm -- run website

Files to be changed

• In .git/config: upstream URL
• In package.json: app name
• In config/default.json: rethinkdb.db and website.port
• In db/index.js: tables and indexes
• In views/index.ect: page title and content
• In views/layout.ect: mobile-friendly meta tags, favicons, and analytics counter

Useful packages

Not included to dependencies in package.json by default:

• cookie-parser
• lodash
• lru-cache
• moment and moment-timezone
• got or request, sometimes throttled-request
• uuid
• xlsx
• glob