express-generator

Express' application generator.

Installation

$ npm install -g express-generator

Quick Start

The quickest way to get started with express is to utilize the executable express(1) to generate an application as shown below:

Create the app:

$ express /tmp/foo && cd /tmp/foo

Install dependencies:

$ npm install

Rock and Roll

$ npm start

Command Line Options

This generator can also be further configured with the following command line flags.

-h, --help          output usage information
-V, --version       output the version number
-e, --ejs           add ejs engine support (defaults to jade)
    --hbs           add handlebars engine support
-H, --hogan         add hogan.js engine support
-c, --css <engine>  add stylesheet <engine> support (less|stylus|compass) (defaults to plain css)
    --git           add .gitignore
-f, --force         force on non-empty directory

License

MIT