##NodeTemplate - express

Node.js web app template.

###Goals

• Use widely accepted practices and libraries
• Automate the creation and renaming of projects
• Projects share git history for easy updates
• Add functionality through template branches

###Install

npm install node-template -g

###Create a new project

node-template <project-name> express

Other available branches:

• master - Base npm package template (default)
• aws-dynamo - Dynamo DB
• aws-dynamo-express - Dynamo DB + Express
• bookshelf - Bookshelf.js database ORM
• bookshelf-express - Bookshelf + Express
• express - Express.js web server

###Coffeescript (optional)

Run grunt to watch for Coffeescript changes in src and compile them to lib.

###Start working

Run bin/<project-name> to start the web server.

Run grunt to watch for changes in src and compile them to lib.

###Tests

Run grunt mocha to execute your test suite with coverage statistics.

The npm test command runs the test suite without coverage (Travis-CI).

Contribute

Create an issue to discuss template changes.

Pull requests for template changes and new branches are even better.

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