rener172846/node_backend_boilerplate

A boilerplate for RESTful APIs using Node.js, Express and MySQL

RESTful API Node Server Boilerplate

A boilerplate/starter project for quickly building RESTful APIs using Node.js, Express and MySQL.

Features

• Express
• MySQL
• Sequelize
• Redis
• Helmet
• Bcrypt
• Joi
• Passport
• Dontenv / Lodash / Moment
• Babel 7 / Webpack

Requirements

• NodeJS v8 or higher
• MySQL v5.7 or higher
• Redis v5 or higher

Installation

• Install all the node packages listed in the package.json
  npm install
• Replace .env.example to .env and complete MySQL database and redis server connection details
• Prepare database (create tables and populate)

Run the node server

Development

• Run node server
  npm start

Production

• Pack and minimize source codes
  npm run build
• Run node server as daemon
  pm2 start build/index.js