express-scaffold

express-scaffold

a simple but sexy MVC wrapper of Express

Installation

$ npm install express-scaffold

Quick start

you could use express-scaffold in two different styles:

Using it as server module

sample code here:

var server = require('express-scaffold');

// init a new server running on default port 3000
new server({
        name: 'demo site',
        database: {
            name: 'testdb'
        }
    })
    .models(function(db, Schema){
        var userModel = new Schema({
            name: String,
            created: Date,
        });
        return {
            user: db.model('user', userModel)
        }
    })
    .ctrlers(function(models, Ctrler){
        return {
            user: new Ctrler(models.user)
        }
    })
    .routes(function(app, ctrlers){
        app.get('/users', function(req, res, next){
            ctrlers.user.find({}, function(err, users){
                res.json(users);
            });
        });
    })
    .run();

Using it as project generator

if you don't want to require core server, just make a copy and start server:

$ git clone https://github.com/turingou/express-scaffold.git
$ cd express-scaffold
$ vi ./configs/app.json
$ node app.js

Command-line tool

use express-scaffold as cli tool to quick generate project files

$ [sudo] npm install express-scaffold -g
$ mkdir demo-project && cd demo-project
$ express-scaffold

Configs

config param goes here:

{
    // site name
    name : "site name",
    // site desc
    desc: 'demo site',
    // set env to production
    env: 'production',
    // url should be provided. check it out in res.locals.url
    url: 'http://abc.com',
    // views dir:
    views: './views',
    // view engine:
    // default by jade
    "view engine": "jade",
    // database configs
    database: {
        name: 'expressdemo',
        host: 'http://remoteDB',
        port: 27111,
        options: {
            username: 'test',
            password: 'testpassword'
        }
    },
    // set a mongodb session store.
    session: {
        store: true
    }
}

then forever start app.js or pm2 start app.js -i max

Project structure

this scaffold of Express provides a simple MVC structure:

• ctrlers
  • index.js a Ctrler factory which provides base database ctrler functions
• views
  • all views in here
• model
  • index.js open database connection and define models(mongodb)
• routes
  • *.js app.js routers
• public
  • all static files locate here.

API

• /server.js: init a server instance
• /models/index.js: exports a mongodb instance
• /ctrlers/index.js: exports a base ctrler (moogoose)

Contributing

• Fork this repo
• Clone your repo
• Install dependencies
• Checkout a feature branch
• Feel free to add your features
• Make sure your features are fully tested
• Open a pull request, and enjoy <3

MIT license

Copyright (c) 2013 turing

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.

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