Create Express MVC

A template to kickstart a Node.js backend project. It incorporates a commonly used folder structure in the industry.

Create Express MVC works on macOS, Windows, and Linux. If something doesn’t work, please file an issue.

Quick Overview

npx create-express-mvc my-app
cd my-app
npm start

Get Started Immediately

You don’t need to install or configure tools like express, cors, mongoose,dotenv, nodemon or swagger. They are preconfigured so that you can focus on the code.

Create a project, and you’re good to go.

Create .env according to your need

 PORT=8080
 NODE_ENV=<development or production>
 MONGO_URI=<YOUR_MONGODB_URI>

Creating an App

To create a new app, you may choose one of the following methods:

npx

npx create-express-mvc my-app

npm

npm init express-mvc my-app

Yarn

yarn create express-mvc my-app

It will create a directory called my-app inside the current folder. Inside that directory, it will generate the initial project structure and install the transitive dependencies.

No configuration or complicated folder structures, only the files you need to build your app. Once the installation is done, you can open your project folder:

cd my-app

Inside the newly created project, you can run some built-in commands:

npm start or yarn start

Runs the app in development mode. Open http://localhost:8080 to view it in the browser.

The page will automatically reload if you make changes to the code.