🚀 Node Express CLI Generator

A powerful and efficient CLI tool for generating a structured Express.js API with built-in MongoDB support, middleware, and environment configuration. Simplify your development workflow and kickstart your next Express project in seconds! 🎯

✅ Features

• 🏗️ Express.js Setup with modular folder structure
• 🗂️ MongoDB Integration using Mongoose
• 🌍 Environment Variables Support with .env
• 📝 Middleware for logging (Morgan & custom logger)
• 🏛️ Separation of Concerns (Routes, Controllers, Models, Config)
• 🔄 Nodemon for Auto-Restart during development

📦 Packages

📌 Dependencies

{
  "express": "^4.18.2",
  "cors": "^2.8.5",
  "dotenv": "^16.3.1",
  "mongoose": "^7.5.1",
  "morgan": "^1.10.0"
}

🛠 Dev Dependencies

{
  "nodemon": "^3.0.1"
}

🚀 Installation & Usage

You can use this CLI tool in two ways:

⚡ One-Time Run (Recommended)

Run directly without installing globally:

npx xpress-backend

🌍 Global Installation

Install the CLI tool globally:

npm install -g xpress-backend

Then, create a new project by running:

xpress-backend

📂 Project Structure

📦 node-express-cli-generator
 ┣ 📂 config
 ┃ ┗ 📜 database.js
 ┣ 📂 controllers
 ┃ ┗ 📜 userController.js
 ┣ 📂 middlewares
 ┃ ┗ 📜 logger.js
 ┣ 📂 models
 ┃ ┗ 📜 userModel.js
 ┣ 📂 routes
 ┃ ┗ 📜 userRoutes.js
 ┣ 📜 .env
 ┣ 📜 .gitignore
 ┣ 📜 app.js
 ┣ 📜 index.js
 ┣ 📜 package-lock.json
 ┗ 📜 package.json

🚀 Getting Started

⚡ Prerequisites

• Node.js
• npm (included with Node.js)

🔥 Installation

1. Clone the repository

git clone https://github.com/Bijay-Shre-stha/node-server.git

2. Navigate to the project directory

cd node-server

3. Install dependencies

npm install || yarn install

4. Start the development server

npm run start || yarn start

🛠️ Contributing

Contributions are what make the open-source community such an amazing place to learn, inspire, and create. Any contributions you make are greatly appreciated.

💡 Want to contribute? Follow these steps:

1. Fork the project
2. Create your feature branch (git checkout -b feature/AmazingFeature)
3. Commit your changes (git commit -m 'Add some AmazingFeature')
4. Push to the branch (git push origin feature/AmazingFeature)
5. Open a pull request

📝 License

Distributed under the MIT License. See LICENSE for more information.

📧 Contact

Bijay Shrestha - [email protected]

🚀 Happy Coding! 🎉