Express MVC Boilerplate

A simple mvc boilerplate for express.js (gulp + expressjs + nodemon + browser-sync)

Related modules

• express - web application framework for node
• pug - template engine
• stylus - pre-processor CSS
• mongoose - nodejs orm for mongodb
• bower - a package manager for the web
• gulp - automate workflow

Prerequisites

• Node.js http://nodejs.org
• MongoDB brew install mongodb

Project Structure

.
├── app/
│   └── controllers           # contains controller files
│   └── models                # contains model files
│   └── views                 # contains express view (pug) files
│   └── routes.js             # routes config file
├── config/
│   ├── index.js              # environment config file
│   └── db.js                 # db config
├── public/                   # contains static assets
│   ├── components            # bower components folder
│   │   └── ...
│   ├── favicon               # favicon folder
│   ├── fonts                 # contains font files
│   ├── css                   # all files will generate from gulp
│   ├── styl                  # contains style sheets (stylus)
│   ├── js                    # contains js files
│   └── img                   # contains image files
├── test/
│   └── spec.js               # unit & func tests
├── .bowerrc                  # bower config
├── .bower.json               # bower dependencies
├── .Procfile                 # process file for heroku implementation
├── .gitignore                # specifies intentionally untracked files to ignore
├── .editorconfig.js          # editor config
├── .gulpfile.js              # gulp config
├── .eslintrc.yml             # eslint config
├── .eslintignore             # eslint ignore specific files and directories config file
├── .travis.yml               # travis ci config
├── app.js                    # app setup file
└── package.json              # build scripts and dependencies

Getting Started

The easiest way to get started is to clone the repository:

# Get the latest snapshot
$ git clone https://github.com/oguzhanoya/express-mvc-boilerplate.git myproject
$ cd myproject

# Install dependencies
$ npm install
$ bower install

$ node app.js

Development

npm run dev

Your app should now be running on localhost:7000.

Test

npm test

Lint

npm run lint

Docker Support

• Docker https://docs.docker.com/engine/installation/

# Build the project
docker-compose build  

# Start the application
docker-compose up

Deploy

Make sure you have the Heroku Toolbelt installed.

heroku create
git push heroku master
heroku open

License

MIT