Node and Express Starter Template - TypeScript.
- Linting rules with ESlint and Prettier
- Pre-commit hooks using husky for staged-lint
- Editor configuration with .editorconfig
- Lint staged parser in .lintstagedrc.json
- ENV validations with Joi and dotenv
- cross-env and pm2 as load balancer
- ecosystem config file for production
- Secure http requests using helmet
- Sanitize request data with xss filters
- gzip compression for response body size
- Enable cors, pre-flight across-the-board
- 404 for unknown API request
- Convert unknown errors to known object, error handling
- process.exit on unhandled exception/rejection
- Custom logging with Winston and Morgan
- Add a health check route
- Rate limiter for repeated failed requests in production environment
- Add unit tests with jest and supertest
- Github workflow
Create a .env file in the root folder, and add the following line
PORT = <PORT_NUMBER>
Then try running the following command to start up the server locally
$ npm run dev