Express MySQL TypeScript Starter (EMTS)

EMTS is a CLI tool that helps you quickly set up an Express.js + MySQL + TypeScript project with best practices.

🚀 Installation

To install the CLI globally, run:

npm install -g express-mysql-ts-starter

📌 Usage

To create a new project, run:

emts <project-name>

For example:

emts my-app

Options

• --git : Initializes a Git repository.

Example:

emts my-app --git

📂 Project Structure

After running the command, your project will have the following structure:

my-app/
│── src/
│   ├── http/               # HTTP Layer (Controllers, Middlewares, Requests, Shared Helpers)
│   ├── infrastructure/     # Business Logic (DTOs, Mappers, Implementations, Repositories)
│   ├── persistence/        # Database Layer (Migrations, Models, Connection)
│   ├── routes/             # API Routes
│   ├── shared/             # Common utilities, constants, and helpers
│   ├── app.ts              # Express App Configuration
│   ├── config.ts           # Application Configurations
│   ├── index.ts            # Main Entry Point
│── .env                    # Environment Variables
│── .gitignore              # Ignored Files
│── package.json            # Project Dependencies
│── tsconfig.json           # TypeScript Configuration

🔧 Next Steps

1. Navigate to your project folder:

   cd my-app

2. Install dependencies (automatically done by CLI):

   npm install

3. Create a .env file based on .env.example:

   cp .env.example .env

4. Run the project in development mode:

   npm run dev

✨ Features

• Express.js with TypeScript
• MySQL & Sequelize ORM
• Environment variable support (dotenv)
• Security middleware (helmet, cors)
• Pre-configured folder structure

📜 License

This project is licensed under the MIT License.