updated readme and merged pull request 31

README.md

@@ -87,6 +87,13 @@ $ cd "project name" && npm run start:dev
 - Run production build with a different env file `npm start -- --env="name of env file" (default is production)`.
 
 
+## Debugging
+During development, _express-generator-typescript_ uses `nodemon` to restart the server when changes
+are detected. If you want to enable debugging for node, you'll need to modify the nodemon configurations.
+This is located under `nodemonConfig:` in `package.json` for the server and `./spec/nodemon.json` for
+unit-testing. For the `exec` property, replace `ts-node` with `node --inspect -r ts-node/register`.
+
+
 ## Note for windows users
 
 If you use the `--with-auth` option and are on Windows, the `bcrypt` module tends to be fussy. To

express-generator-typescript/README.md

@@ -87,6 +87,13 @@ $ cd "project name" && npm run start:dev
 - Run production build with a different env file `npm start -- --env="name of env file" (default is production)`.
 
 
+## Debugging
+During development, _express-generator-typescript_ uses `nodemon` to restart the server when changes
+are detected. If you want to enable debugging for node, you'll need to modify the nodemon configurations.
+This is located under `nodemonConfig:` in `package.json` for the server and `./spec/nodemon.json` for
+unit-testing. For the `exec` property, replace `ts-node` with `node --inspect -r ts-node/register`.
+
+
 ## Note for windows users
 
 If you use the `--with-auth` option and are on Windows, the `bcrypt` module tends to be fussy. To

express-generator-typescript/lib/auth-proj/src/Server.ts

@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ const app = express();
 
 app.use(express.json());
 app.use(express.urlencoded({extended: true}));
-app.use(cookieParser(process.env.COOKIE_SECRET));
+app.use(cookieParser(cookieProps.secret));
 
 // Show routes called in console during development
 if (process.env.NODE_ENV === 'development') {

express-generator-typescript/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "express-generator-typescript",
-  "version": "1.6.4",
+  "version": "1.6.5",
   "description": "Generate new Express applications similar to express-generate which but sets it up to use TypeScript instead",
   "scripts": {
     "express-generator-typescript": "node bin/cli.js",

sample-output/withAuth/dist/Server.js

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ const constants_1 = require("@shared/constants");
 const app = express_1.default();
 app.use(express_1.default.json());
 app.use(express_1.default.urlencoded({ extended: true }));
-app.use(cookie_parser_1.default(process.env.COOKIE_SECRET));
+app.use(cookie_parser_1.default(constants_1.cookieProps.secret));
 if (process.env.NODE_ENV === 'development') {
     app.use(morgan_1.default('dev'));
 }

sample-output/withAuth/logs/combined.log

@@ -1 +1 @@
-{"message":"Express server started on port: 8081","level":"info","timestamp":"2020-05-31T23:00:38.245Z"}
+{"message":"Express server started on port: 8081","level":"info","timestamp":"2020-06-06T16:33:44.196Z"}

sample-output/withAuth/package.json

@@ -50,11 +50,11 @@
     "@types/jsonfile": "^6.0.0",
     "@types/jsonwebtoken": "^8.5.0",
     "@types/morgan": "^1.9.0",
-    "@types/node": "^14.0.6",
+    "@types/node": "^14.0.11",
     "@types/randomstring": "^1.1.6",
     "@types/supertest": "^2.0.9",
     "find": "^0.3.0",
-    "fs-extra": "^9.0.0",
+    "fs-extra": "^9.0.1",
     "jasmine": "^3.5.0",
     "jsonfile": "^6.0.1",
     "nodemon": "^2.0.4",
@@ -63,6 +63,6 @@
     "tsconfig-paths": "^3.9.0",
     "tslint": "^6.1.2",
     "tslint-lines-between-class-members": "^1.3.6",
-    "typescript": "^3.9.3"
+    "typescript": "^3.9.5"
   }
 }