node-badger

node-badger is a node framework which creates a node-server project upon the MVC design pattern. The framework would setup your node application for both dev and production. Once project setup is complete you can run your server.

Installation

npm install -g node-badger

Usage

On your terminal run the command to create a node-server project

node-badger

It will create a directory structure, including the files you need to kick off your next node-server project. Inside that directory, it will create the initial project structure and install the transitive dependencies:

yourprojectname
├── README.md
├── node_modules
├── package.json
├── local.js
└── test
└── src
    └── config
        └──params.js
    └── controllers
    └── models
    └── views
        └── index.html
    └── routers
    └── server.js

Once the project setup is complete, you can run your server:

npm run start

And you should see this log on your screen:

Listening on: port 8000
mongoDB connected

Or

npm run server

And you should see this log on your terminal:

[nodemon] 2.0.4
[nodemon] to restart at any time, enter `rs`
[nodemon] watching path(s): *.*
[nodemon] watching extensions: js,mjs,json
[nodemon] starting `node local.js`
Listening on: port 8000
mongoDB connected

Go to your browser and access http://localhost:8000/. You should see; It works!

Selecting database type

During your project setup, you can specify which database you'd be using for your project.

Creating models, routers and controllers for your project

Models, Routers and Controllers can be generated for your project. For now, node-badger supports model generations with mongoose. To create models for your project, you run the command node-badger-mongoose-model with (-m) to specify model name, and (-a) for model attributes:

node-badger-mongoose-model -m UserModel -a "firstname:String,lastname:String,emailaddress:String"

The above command will generate a mongoose model that looks like this:

const mongoose = require("mongoose");
const userModelSchema = mongoose.Schema({
firstname : {
            type : String,
            required: "firstname is required",
            },
lastname : {
            type : String,
            required: "lastname is required",
            },
emailaddress : {
            type : String,
            required: "emailaddress is required",
            },
}, {collection:"usermodel", timestamps : true});
    const userModel = ConnectMongo.model("userModel", userModelSchema);
    module.exports = {userModel};

A controller that looks like this:

const UserModel = require('../../src/models/UserModel');
        
// Display a list of all User.
exports.User_list = function(req, res) {
    res.send('NOT IMPLEMENTED: User list');
};
        
// Display a specific User.
exports.User_detail = function(req, res) {
    res.send('NOT IMPLEMENTED: User detail: ' + req.params.id);
};
        
// Display User create form on GET.
    exports.User_create_get = function(req, res) {
    res.send('NOT IMPLEMENTED: User create GET');
};
        
// Handle User create on POST.
exports.User_create_post = function(req, res) {
    res.send('NOT IMPLEMENTED: User create POST');
};
        
// Display User delete form on GET.
exports.User_delete_get = function(req, res) {
    res.send('NOT IMPLEMENTED: User delete GET');
};
        
// Handle User delete on POST.
exports.User_delete_post = function(req, res) {
    res.send('NOT IMPLEMENTED: User delete POST');
};
        
// Display User update form on GET.
exports.User_update_get = function(req, res) {
    res.send('NOT IMPLEMENTED: User update GET');
};
        
// Handle User update on POST.
exports.User_update_post = function(req, res) {
   res.send('NOT IMPLEMENTED: User update POST');
};
        

And a router that looks like this

var routerModule = require("../../src/server")
const router = routerModule.router;
// Require controller modules.
const User_controller = require('../../src/controllers/UserController');

/// User ROUTES ///

// GET request for one User.
router.get('/:id', User_controller.User_detail);

// GET request for list of all User items.
router.get('/getall', User_controller.User_list);

// GET request for creating a User. NOTE User (uses id).
router.get('/create', User_controller.User_create_get);

// POST request for creating a User.
router.post('/create', User_controller.User_create_post);

// GET request to delete User.
router.get('/:id/delete', User_controller.User_delete_get);

// POST request to delete User.
router.post('/:id/delete', User_controller.User_delete_post);

// GET request to update User.
router.get('/:id/update', User_controller.User_update_get);

// POST request to update User.
router.post('/:id/update', User_controller.User_update_post);
        
module.exports = router;

when specifying a model name, it is necessary to include "Model" in your model name, looking like this "UserModel". And make sure your data types are in the correctly written : String, [], {}, Number.

Contributing

Pull requests are welcome. For major changes, please open an issue first to discuss what you would like to change.

Please make sure to update tests as appropriate.

License

MIT