inotive-express-boilerplate

This repo is a starting point for those who are interested in nodejs and express framework. It uses Gulp as workflow control (todo less compile, js concat, copy fonts and images).

Workflow

Here is the build in workflow in this project:

Copy custom fonts
Copy & compress images
Compile Less to css
Concatenating Js + plugins
Live reloading + browser sync
Auto restart node when changes

note: to change or add new workflow, check out the gulpfile.js.

Framework used

Express
Bootstrap + bootswatch-paper-theme
Jade templating engine
jQuery

How to start

Clone this repo
Cd into the root folder of this repo
run npm install. note: make sure you have nodejs install
run npm install -g nodemon gulp browser-sync.
run bower install
run gulp
open browser and navigate to localhost:3000. note: livereload at port 3000 and actual server port is at 3000. to change checkout the config.js.

To Do

adding database binding (either mongodb or rethinkdb)
adding basic CRUD sample
adding form-validation

License

(The MIT License)

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.