This application includes the basics of an Express app that can be used as a starting point to build many common types of web applications, whether it's a site, an API, or a progressive web app. It also creates a dist/ folder with compiled front-end code ready for distribution either as a static web app or to be turned into a progressive web app (using Electron or some other purpose).
bin/- a place for scripts. Thewwwfile starts the web server and app.js.data/- the place to put controller functions that fetch data from your models for either your UI routes or your API.routes/- contains all of your routessrc/- contains your Pug views, SCSS, and ES6 javascript, which is compiled to a dist/ folderdist/- contains files compiled fromsrc/in HTML, CSS, and browser-compatible Javascript. Contains anassets/folder for images, videos, files, etc.test/- contains mocha unit test scripts
If your views will not be pre-compiled for distribution, you can delete the code that compiles the HTML and just use src/pug as your views/ folder.
- install:
npm install - start:
npm start - test:
npm test
app.js- contains the main application codegulpfile.js- contains all the automated compilation codeserver.sh- uses node supervisor to run the application so it restarts when changes are made to files not indist/