KOATS-STARTER - a generator to create a Koa Typescript Web Server Template

To create a new project

1. Create a directory for your projects $ mkdir my-project
2. Change directory into your project: $ cd my-project
3. Run: $ npm init koats-starter
4. Start the dev server locally with: $ npm run dev
5. Use this to start a great web site using Koa and Typescript

Stuff Included (third-party)

• koa: well supported, extensible, simple web framework
• koa-static: serve static assets with koa middleware
• koa-hbs: handlebars view template middleware for koa
• koa-bodyparser: body/form parsing of requests
• @koa/router: router middleware for koa
• config: dynamic and environmentally aware configuration
• pino: low overhead, extensible, well supported logger
• koa-pino-logger: koa/pino logging middleware
• pino-tiny: simple pino formatter for local dev
• Bootstrap 5: css framework
• standardx: linting standard for typescript
• prettier: make pretty code
• ts-node: run TypesScript in without compiling first
• nodemon: run app and restart on changes
• typescript: compile TypeScript into JavaScript (and all the necessary @types/* libs)

Built-in

• error handling middleware
• graceful startup/shutdown