Fast Express Gen

🚀 Fast Express Gen is a CLI tool designed to generate a complete Express.js boilerplate in seconds. It provides a robust starting point for backend development with pre-configured features like middleware, routing, and error handling. Now supports both JavaScript and TypeScript!

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🌟 Features

• Express.js Setup: Fully configured Express server with modular architecture.
• Middlewares: Pre-installed and configured middlewares for security, logging, and compression.
• Customization: Choose your project name and whether to use JavaScript or TypeScript.
• Developer-Friendly: Includes nodemon for hot-reloading and a README.md template for your generated project.

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📦 Installation

You can use npx to run the CLI directly or install it globally.

Using npx

1npx fast-express-gen

Global Installation

1npm install -g fast-express-gen

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🛠️ Usage

Create a New Project

Run the following command to generate your project:

1fast-express-gen <project-name>

Example:

1fast-express-gen my-awesome-api

You will then be prompted to select JavaScript or TypeScript for your project.

This will create a new directory my-awesome-api with a ready-to-use Express.js boilerplate.

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🖇️ Project Structure

Below is the structure of the generated project:

JavaScript Version

<project-name>/
├── nodemon.json
├── package.json
├── README.md
└── src/
    ├── app.js
    ├── controllers/
    │   └── homeController.js
    ├── middleware/
    │   └── logger.js
    ├── routes/
    │   └── index.js
    └── server.js

TypeScript Version

<project-name>/
├── nodemon.json
├── package.json
├── tsconfig.json
├── README.md
└── src/
    ├── app.ts
    ├── controllers/
    │   └── homeController.ts
    ├── middleware/
    │   └── logger.ts
    ├── routes/
    │   └── index.ts
    └── server.ts

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⚙️ Features in Detail

1. Security:

   • Integrated helmet for secure HTTP headers.
   • CORS (Cross-Origin Resource Sharing) enabled for flexible API usage.

2. Error Handling:

   • Centralized error handling middleware.

3. Logging:

   • Request logging with morgan.

4. Hot Reload:

   • Pre-configured nodemon for live reloading during development.

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✨ Example Output

Console

Welcome to fast-express-gen!
✔ Project name: my-awesome-api
✔ Choose your project language: TypeScript
Creating TypeScript project in /path/to/my-awesome-api...
Installing dependencies...
Your Express project is ready! 🚀

Run the following commands to get started:

cd my-awesome-api
npm run dev

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🤝 Contributing

Contributions are welcome! If you'd like to improve this tool, feel free to fork the repository and open a pull request.

GitHub

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📝 License

This project is licensed under the MIT License.

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💬 Questions or Feedback?

If you have any questions, suggestions, or feedback, please reach out to the repository owner. Happy coding! 😊