Devlien Framework

Devlien is a minimal and flexible Node.js backend framework designed to work seamlessly with:

• ✅ Nuxt.js
• ✅ Next.js
• ✅ NestJS
• ✅ Or run independently as a standalone server

It gives you a Laravel-like development experience while staying simple and unopinionated.

⚡ Quick Start (Standalone Server)

npm create devlien@latest devlienApp

🚀 Quick Start with Nuxt.js or Nextjs

This guide will walk you through installing and using Devlien in a Nuxt.js, Nextjs project.

1️⃣ Install the Framework (If you install Devlien into any other framework)

In your Nuxtjs or Nextjs project root, install Devlien:

npm install devlien

2️⃣ Run the Setup Command (If you install Devlien into any other framework)

Initialize the server environment using:

npx devlien setup

This will automatically create the following structure inside your project:

server
├── app
│   ├── Http
|   |   ├──Controllers
|   |   ├──Middleware
|   |   └──Resources
│   ├── Models
│   └── Providers
├── config
│   ├── app
│   └── database
├── database
│   ├── migrations
│   └── seeds
├── routes
│   ├── web
│   └── api
├── resources
│   └── views
├── .env

3️⃣ Configure .env File

Edit the generated .env file and set your database configuration:

APP_NAME="Devlien"

DB_CONNECTION="mysql"
DB_HOST="localhost"
DB_PORT="3306"
DB_USERNAME=root
DB_PASSWORD=secret
DB_NAME=devlien

✅ You must have a running MySQL/MariaDB database before proceeding.

✨ Generate Core Components

Devlien includes several command-line tools to help you build faster:

📂 Create a Controller

npx devlien make:controller HomeController

This will generate:
server/app/Controllers/HomeController.js

📦 Create a Model

npx devlien make:model User

This will generate:
server/app/Models/User.js

🧱 Create a Migration

npx devlien make:migration users

This will generate:
server/database/migrations/2025_06_23_XXXXXX_users.js

Edit the file to define your table structure.

🔄 Run Migrations

npx devlien migrate
npx devlien migrate:rollback --all

This will execute all pending migrations and create tables in your database.

🚀 Create a HTTP Resource

npx devlien make:resource

You’ll be prompted to enter the resource name (e.g., Product) and Devlien will generate resource for you.

📚 Migration Usage Example

In your migraion: /database/migrations/...users.js

import Migration from "devlien/migration";

export default class extends Migration {
    up(schema){
        schema.create('users', (table)=>{
           table.increments('id');
           table.string('name');
           table.string('email').unique();
           table.string('password');
           table.set('status', ['active', 'inactive']).default('active');
        });
    }
    down(schema){
        schema.drop('users');
    }
}

📚 Route Usage Example

In your routes/api.js:

import route from "devlien/route";
import Auth from "../app/Http/Middleware/Auth.js";

export default route.serve(route => {
    route.group({'prefix':'api', 'middleware':[Auth]}, (route)=>{
        route.get('index', 'UserController@index');
        route.put('create', 'UserController@create'); 
        route.put('update/:id', 'UserController@update');
    })
});

📄 Template Usage Example

In you controller

import view from "devlien/view";

export default class DevlienController extends Controller {
    constructor() {
        super();
        // Any setup or initialization can go here.
    }
    async wellcome(request) {
        return await view('wellcome', {title:'Wellcome to Devlien'});
    }
}

In you template (root/resources/views/wellcome.dl)

<template>
    <h1>{{ title }}</h1>
    <p>{{ version }}</p>
</template>

@script
    const version = "1.0.3";
@endscript

📚 Model Usage Example

In your controller:

import User from "../../Models/User.js";

// Fetch users
let users = await User.get();


// or
let user = new User();
let users = await user.get();

await User.limit(10).get();
await User.skip(5).limit(10).get();

await User.where({id:1}).where([{id:1}, {id:1}]).where(['id', '=', 1]).get();
await User.where({id:1}).first();

await User.create({
    "name" : "Shamim Haque",
    "username" : "shmimhaque",
    "email" : "[email protected]"
});

await User.where({id:1}).update({
    "name" : "Shamim Haque",
    "email" : "[email protected]"
});

More query methods coming soon...

🧾 Roadmap (Coming Soon)

• Authentication scaffolding
• RESTful API boilerplate
• Collection map
• Queue process

👨‍💻 Author

Shamim Haque
GitHub: @shamimhaque-mpi
📧 Email: [email protected]

📄 License

This project is open-source and available under the MIT License.