generator-next

Generator-NExT

Generator that provides a basic setup for a Node project with Express and Typescript.

Installation

First, install Yeoman and Generator-NExT using npm (we assume you have pre-installed node.js).

npm install -g yo
npm install -g generator-next

Then generate your new project:

yo next <project-name>

All files will be created inside the directory ./<project-name> (relative to your current position).

Feel free to learn more about Yeoman.

Documentation

Used frameworks, libraries and tools:

Language:

• Typescript

Runtime:

• Node
• Nodemon

Build:

• Gulp
• ... check the gulpfile.js in generators/app/templates for all used plugins

Web Framework:

• Express

Logging:

• Morgan
• Winston

Test:

• Istanbul
• Remap-istanbul
• Mocha

Others:

• Tslint
• Typedoc

Changelog / Releases

Check here for available releases.

Roadmap

Version 0.3.x: Add test coverage for generator with travis and coveralls
Version 0.4.x: Implement sub generator which adds typedoc
Version 0.5.x: Implement sub generator which adds rxjs
Version 0.6.x: Implement sub generator which adds mongoose
Version 0.5.x: Implement sub generator which adds pug
Version 1.x.x: Combine all sub generators combined depending on the user's responses.

In discussion:

• Add build task to generate windows executable
• Add generator (option) which creates systemd init scripts to run server as service on *nix distributions

License

MIT