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StartER is an open-source Express + React framework designed for the era of agentic coding. No magic, no black boxes: just readable, modifiable code that provides AI agents with a clear mental model for safe and rapid prototyping.
New here? Start with Installation, then First exercises.
What you'll find in this wiki:
- AI co-creation: understand the AI mental model and the AI prototyping workflow
- Getting started: install the project, run your first exercises, create your first resource, create your first tests
- Explanations: understand the directory structure, the request lifecycle, and the Repository pattern
- How-to guides: authentication, authorization, security, contracts and verification, styling, deployment
- Reference: API, components, types, CLI scripts, and a technical glossary
- Digging deeper: go further on specific architectural choices
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│ 🟢 GETTING STARTED │
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│ Installation ──▶ First exercises ──▶ Creating your ──▶ Creating your │
│ first resource first tests │
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│ 🟡 UNDERSTANDING │
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│ Directory structure Request lifecycle The Repository pattern │
│ How data flows Types Using Zod │
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│ 🟠 HOW-TO GUIDES │ │ 🟣 DIGGING DEEPER │
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│ Authentication > Security │ │ One server (SSR internals) │
│ Authorization │ │ Many-to-many and transactions │
│ Contracts and verification │ │ Database migrations │
│ Styling > Deployment │ │ Date management │
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AI co-creation
Getting started
Explanations
How-To Guides
Reference
Digging deeper