SIMPLE NODEJS EXPRESS SEREVER STARTER

dependancies

Dev dependacies

typescript : for static typing
nodenom : for reloading the dev server

App dependancies

express : nodejs server framework
cors : for handling cors requirements
body-parser : for parsing incoming json in request body
dotenv : to load enviroment variables

Scripts:

npm run watch
npm run start

Run both in separate terminal instances . they both need to be running through out the dev process. watch : will watch for changes in index.js and compele it into dist/index.js start: will execute code dist/index.js and reload it if it changes using nodemon

hosting

there's a Procfile for heroku deployment included .
npm and node js versions which are aso required by heroku also included.
So just create an account with them fork the repo and select it in their console or using their CLI tools to deploy

  "engines": {
    "node": "16.x",
    "npm": "6.x"
  }