tdubs-express-react-template

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Full-stack template for an:

• express server protected by CORS and helmet
• DB and REST API functionality powered by knex and sqlite3
• a frontend served up with React and axios

Installation

Use npm or yarn to install tdubs-express-react-template

npm i tdubs-express-react-template

Usage

You will want to change "category" with whatever relates to your project. Following are the files that will need updating ( I prefer using ctrl + F and selecting all in a file to replace ) :

• src/knexfile.js (db name)
• src/category (dir name)
• src/category/category-middleware.js
• src/category/category-model.js
• src/category/category-router.js

# install all server dependencies
cd src
npm i

# initiate eslint 
npx eslint --init

? How would you like to use ESLint?
  To check syntax only
> To check syntax and find problems
  To check syntax, find problems, and enforce code style
  
? What type of modules does your project use?
  JavaScript modules (import/export)
> CommonJS (require/exports) 
  None of these
  
  # even though we will be using React
? Which framework does your project use?
  React
  Vue.js
> None of these

? Does your project use TypeScript?
> No
  Yes
  
? Where does your code run? …  (Press <space> to select, <a> to toggle all, <i> to invert selection)
> Browser
> Node

? What format do you want your config file to be in?
  JavaScript
  YAML
> JSON

# install all client dependencies
cd client
npm i

# initiate eslint for frontend
npx eslint --init

? How would you like to use ESLint?
  To check syntax only
> To check syntax and find problems
  To check syntax, find problems, and enforce code style
  
? What type of modules does your project use?
> JavaScript modules (import/export)
  CommonJS (require/exports) 
  None of these
  
? Which framework does your project use?
> React
  Vue.js
  None of these

? Does your project use TypeScript?
> No
  Yes
  
? Where does your code run? …  (Press <space> to select, <a> to toggle all, <i> to invert selection)
> Browser
  Node

? What format do you want your config file to be in?
  JavaScript
  YAML
> JSON

# The config that you've selected requires the following dependencies:
eslint-plugin-react@latest eslint@latest

? Would you like to install them now with npm?
  No
> Yes

# run server
cd src
npm run server

# run frontend
cd client
npm start

# frontend tests done with cypress
npm test

Don't forget to grab a taco after all of that hard work!

Contributing

Pull requests are welcome. For major changes, please open an issue first to discuss what you would like to change.

Please make sure to update tests as appropriate.

License

MIT