Express CLI

express-i-ms-cli is a command-line interface (CLI) tool for quickly generating Express.js projects with multiple customizable options.

Installation

You can install express-i-ms-cli globally using npm:

To install :

npm i express-i-ms-cli

Help command :

npx express-i-ms -h

OR

npx express-i-ms --help

Version command :

npx express-i-ms -v

OR

npx express-i-ms --version

Make an empty folder, Run the following command to get the boilerplate express app with MVC architecture pattern.

npx express-i-ms

This is how your project structure will look like:

projectName/
├── src/
│   ├── app.ts
│   ├── routes/
│   ├── controllers/
│   ├── models/
│   ├── middlewares/
│   └── configs/
├── .dockerignore
├── .gitignore
├── Dockerfile
├── README.md
├── package.json
├── tsconfig.json

Features

• Choose between TypeScript and JavaScript for your project.
• Option to include an .env file for environment variables.
• Option to enable CORS (Cross-Origin Resource Sharing).
• Set up a basic database connection with MongoDB.
• Option to include .gitignore file.
• Option to get ts-config.json file.
• Option to use nodemon.
• Option to add a DockerFile

Feel free to raise an issue and contribute to this package on Github