Installation

Using npm

npx create-ex-app my-app

Install the package globally:

npm install -g create-ex-app

Usage

Create a New Express.js Application

To scaffold a new Express.js project, run:

npx create-ex-app  my-app

Start the Application

Navigate to the newly created project directory and install dependencies:

cd my-app
npm install

Start the server:

npm run dev

Your application will be running at http://localhost:4000 by default.

Commands

Scaffold a new Express.js application in the specified directory.

Example:

npx create-ex-app my-app

--help

Display help information for the CLI.

npx create-ex-app --help

📌 Features

• Quick Setup: Generate a fully functional Express.js application in seconds.
• Customizable Templates: Includes pre-built templates for JavaScript and TypeScript applications.
• Extensible: Add your own templates or modify the existing ones.
• Command-Line Simplicity: Easy-to-use CLI commands.
• Integrates popular ORMs/ORMs like Mongoose, Sequelize, and TypeORM.
• Preconfigured project structures for best practices.

📦 Available Templates

| Template Name | Language | Database/ORM | | ---------------------- | ---------- | ------------------ | | javascript | JavaScript | None | | typescript | TypeScript | None | | javascript-mongoose | JavaScript | MongoDB (Mongoose) | | typescript-mongoose | TypeScript | MongoDB (Mongoose) | | javascript-sequelize | JavaScript | SQL (Sequelize) | | typescript-typeorm | TypeScript | SQL (TypeORM) |

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please follow these steps:

1. Fork the repository.
2. Create a new branch for your feature or bug fix.
3. Commit your changes and push them to your fork.
4. Submit a pull request.

Development Setup

Clone the repository:

git clone https://github.com/gausalmunirtushar/create-express-app.git

Install dependencies:

npm install

Run tests:

npm run test

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License. See the LICENSE file for details.

Feedback

If you encounter any issues or have suggestions for improvement, feel free to open an issue on GitHub.