ASAPP

As simple as possible project structure

Changelog v2.0.0

Root and directory path now is based in main node_modules directory instead require.main.filename.

• Routes, middlewares and controllers were moved to app/http
• Models and schemas were moved to app/db
• Settings files are in root config directory (app/config).

This update let you :

• Serve the application inside another directories, like bin. If you use express-generator try it please.

• Better app structure

New features

• ROOT: Returns absolute project path. eg: /home/fdorantesm/www/ilumont

• application alias to app: If you define express application as 'app' you couldn't to used the destruct syntax before.

Installation

npm i --save asapp

Functions

• App / application
• Config
• Schema
• Route
• Controller
• Middleware
• Helper
• Library
• Locale
• Model

Note: Use lower case to call these functions

Constants

• APP
• ROOT

App structure

You can add subdirectories and call modules using the same function as normally: asapp.helpers('payments/visa')

How to use

var express = require('express')
var app = express()

var {config, route} = require('asapp')

app.locals(config('locals'))
app.use('/', route('router'))

module.exports = app

Meanwhile in app...

router.js

var express = require('express')
var app = express()
var asapp = require('asapp')

app.use('/test', asapp.route('test'))

module.exports = app

Do you like it?

Try with a base project

https://github.com/fdorantesm/express-assap

Bugs

No, and we'll hope not.