generator-herman-express

Herman Express Generator

Just a Node/Express Yeoman generator for a basic Node/Express boilerplate, featuring:

1. A component-based structure (example)
2. Server-side Templating via Nunjucks
3. Local Auth via Passport
4. Knex query builder
5. Flash Messages
6. Tests
   • Unit
   • Integration
   • Memory Leaks (use with helper functions) via leakage
   • Istanbul for code coverage
7. Airbnb JavaScript Linter
8. Security
   • Helmet
   • CSRF
   • Express Validator

Getting Started

1. Install Yeoman (if necessary) - npm install -g yo
2. Install Gulp (if necessary) - npm install -g gulp
3. Install the generator - npm install -g generator-herman-express
4. Run - yo herman-express, go through all prompts, and then npm install
5. Create the necessary databases
6. Update the variables in .env
7. Create the development and test Postgres DBs:
8. Run development migrations:
   • knex migrate:latest --env development
9. Run seed:
   • knex seed:run --env development
10. Run server
    • gulp

Test

All tests:

$ npm test

Leakage tests:

$ npm run leaks

Coverage:

$ npm run coverage
$ npm run coverage-unit
$ npm run coverage-integration

New Component?

Steps for setting up a new component:

1. Add a new component directory to "src/server/components"
2. Add the route to src/server/routes.js
3. Add the new views to the viewFolders array in src/server/config/main-config.js
4. Add tests