🚀 ad-ex-start

A CLI tool to create Express.js + MongoDB backend projects with modern setup and best practices.

✨ Features

• Express.js with modern middleware setup
• MongoDB connection with Mongoose
• CORS enabled for frontend integration
• Morgan logging for development
• Environment variables configuration
• Modular structure (routes, controllers, db)
• ES6 Modules support

🚀 Quick Start

Create a new backend project:

npx ad-ex-start my-backend-api
cd my-backend-api
npm run dev

Or install globally:

npm install -g ad-ex-start
ad-ex-start my-backend-api

📁 Generated Project Structure

my-backend-api/
├── server.js              # Main Express server
├── routes/
│   └── firstRoute.js      # Example API route
├── controllers/           # Business logic (empty, ready for your code)
├── db/
│   └── connectDB.js       # MongoDB connection setup
├── .env                   # Environment variables
├── .gitignore            # Git ignore rules
└── package.json          # Dependencies and scripts

🛠️ What's Included

Server Setup

// Auto-configured Express server with:
- CORS for cross-origin requests
- JSON body parsing
- Morgan request logging
- MongoDB connection
- Environment variables support

Database Configuration

// MongoDB setup with Mongoose
- Auto-connection on server start
- Error handling
- Custom database naming

Development Ready

• Hot reload with nodemon
• Environment variables with dotenv
• Request logging for debugging
• Error handling setup

📝 Environment Variables

Your generated project includes:

MONGODB_URI=mongodb://localhost:27017
PORT=8000

🔗 Default API Endpoints

• GET /api/v1/ - Test endpoint that returns "Hello World"

📋 Prerequisites

• Node.js (v14 or higher)
• MongoDB running locally or connection string

🎯 Perfect For

• REST APIs
• Backend services
• Microservices
• CRUD applications
• MongoDB-based projects

📚 Learn More

• Express.js Documentation
• MongoDB Documentation
• Mongoose Documentation

🤝 Contributing

Feel free to submit issues and enhancement requests!

📄 License

MIT License - see LICENSE file for details.