node typescript starter

Production ready starter for typescript-node projects

Quick Start

npx create-ts-starter PROJECT_NAME Vscode

Functionalities

• create ESM and CommonJS modules and publish to npm registry.
• configured to support top-level-await (look at Caveat section).
• scan for vulnerabilities via HCL AppScan CodeSweep in vscode IDE.
• auto tag the git commit at publish time.
• generate changelog.md file after each publishes.
• run tests with jest.
• load environment variables from .env file.
• load credentials from host operation system's credential manger.
• ready to run in a docker environment.
• write logs in .log file in the logs directory with customizable log rotation policy.
• generate API documentation in docs folder of the root project directory.
• compile the app to an executable single file.
• restart the process after modifying ts files.
• dies at unhandled errors (this is a very good strategy for production - docker will take care of restart the program after exit).
• type-def for process.env variables.
• recommends useful vscode extensions.

Notice:

• If you don't want to open the project folder in VSCode, You can ignore the 'VSCode' parameter.
• minimap is disabled by default.
• workbench sidebar is in right side of screen.

Commands

• npm start to start the development environment
• npm run compile to compile to single executable file
• npm run prod to run in production
• npm run test to run tests
• npm run test:watch to run tests in watch mode
• npm run format to format with prettier
• npm run lint to lint with eslint
• npm run gen-docs to generate documentations website
• npm run docker:build to create docker image with data from .env file and version # from package.json
• docker-compose up to run in docker environment

Powered By (Credit):

• typescript
• fast-node-logger
• jest
• eslint
• pkg
• keytar
• prettier
• TypeDoc
• auto-changelog
• npm-run-all
• nodemon
• colors
• Docker
• wait-on

TODO:

• improve error handling best practices
• docker best practices
• add entry for other builds (e.g. esm, browser, ...)
• fix failures when git is not installed on the host system.
• add templates to based on type of project that user wants to create, generate different projects (esbuild for projects without decorators, tsc compiler, ...)
• add please wait... in initial of the process

Caveat

• top level await is not supported when compiling the single executable file.