NSK - Node/Express Starter Kit

Features:

• Static web server
• Dynamic web server (MVC): uses MongoDB for the models, pug for the views
• Rest API server: mocking functionality included
• Socket Server: uses socketIO
• Databases: connection: MongoDB, InfluxDB.

Installation:

Clone the repository

$ git clone url_repo target_folder/

Install Node JS

$ brew install node

Install project dependencies

$ cd target_folder
$ npm install

Start the development server (this npm task launches it with nodemon watcher)

$ npm start

Install MongoDB, start the service and run the initialize DB script

$ brew install mongo
$ brew services start mongo
$ mongo localhost:27017 src/db/mongo/mongo-create-db.js

Install InfluxDB and start the service (install other Influx Data TICK products if needed)

$ brew install influxdb
$ brew services start influxdb
$ influxdb
$ influx -import -path=src/db/influx/influx-create-db.sql -precision=s

Test the features

• Access MVC test page with the browser
  http://localhost:4000/test

• Access API Rest test webservice with the browser (or any other app such as Postman)
  http://localhost:4000/api

• Access API Rest test mock with the browser (or any other app such as Postman)
  http://localhost:4000/api/test

• Access socket demo application with the browser
  http://localhost:4000/socket-test

• Access MongoDB Bear test collection documents (or any other app such as Postman)
  http://localhost:4000/api/bears

* To test API Endpoints (API and MongoDB) you can use the provided Postman Collection file (api/NSK.postman_collection.json).

Configuration

You can change NSK's configuration to suit your needs. Configuration options include:

• Development server: port
• Development SSL server: enable and port
• Database: enable, host, and database name and type
• Socket server: enable and port
• Routers (static/dynamic/api/mock): enable, host and prefix

* Config file located at src/config/server.js