create-basic-express-server

A CLI tool to generate a basic Express.js project with TypeScript or JavaScript.

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🚀 Installation

You can run this tool using

npm create basic-express-server my-app

Or install it globally:

npm install -g create-basic-express-server
create-basic-express-server my-app

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📂 Project Structure

This tool generates an Express.js project with the following structure:

my-app
│── package.json
│── .gitignore
│── .env
│── tsconfig.json (for typescript)
└── src
    ├── controllers
    ├── middlewares
    ├── models
    ├── types (for typescript)
    ├── utils
    └── server.ts (for typescript) or server.js (for javascript)

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🔧 Usage

Run the following command to generate a new project:

npm create basic-express-server my-app

🏃‍♂️ Running the Project

For JavaScript:

cd my-app
npm install

In Development

npm run dev

In Production

npm run start

For TypeScript:

cd my-app
npm install

For Development Run in two Terminal

npm run watch

npm run dev

For Production

npm run build
npm run start

📜 Features

✅ Generate an Express.js project in seconds
✅ Supports both JavaScript and TypeScript
✅ Pre-configured folder structure
✅ Adds essential dependencies (express, dotenv, etc.)
✅ Automatically sets the latest package versions in package.json

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🤝 Contributing

Feel free to submit issues and pull requests on GitHub.

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📝 License

This project is licensed under the MIT License.