Express Typescript Simple Boilerplate

The simple boilerplate for creating up a quick Express server with TypeScript.

Using the boilerplate

# clone the repo (replace `my-app` with the name of your application)
git clone https://github.com/garyhtou/express-typescript-simple-boilerplate my-app

# enter the directory
cd my-app

# install dependencies
yarn

# run the server
yarn dev

# Open https://localhost:3000 in your browser

# the server will refresh on any saved changes

You will probably also want to customize the package.json to reflect information about your application.

To start setting up your routes, edit src/router.ts.

Design Choices

• Express.js server
• Typescript language
• CORS (Cross-Origin Resource Sharing) and CROP (Cross-Origin Resource Policy) enabled by default
• Uses Helpers to simplify and DRY code
• Hot reloading development server using ts-node-dev
• Tabs over spaces... don't fight me! (@garyhtou/prettier-config)
• Loads environment variables from .env files
• Handles and logs unexpected server errors by returning a 500 JSON response

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Express Typescript Simple Boilerplate was created by Gary Tou.