Biolerplate

https://github.com/hueter/docker-node-express-boilerplate

Node version used: 16.18.1

How to Install & Run

1. Run docker-compose up to start three containers:
   • Mongo container
   • Node.js app container
   • NGINX proxy container
2. Server is accessible at http://localhost:8080

Production environment

GET https://collectiontrackerapi.lat/collectives

Swagger documentation

https://collectiontrackerapi.lat/api-docs/

How to Run Tests

Use LTS version of Node npm install followed by npm test to run everything

About the project

./app

• handlers are Express.js route handlers that have request, response, and next parameters.
• helpers are raw JS "classes" and utility functions for use across the app
• models are Mongoose schema definitions and associated models
• routers are RESTful route declarations using express.Router module that utilize the functions in handlers
• dtos are JSONSchema validation schemas for creating or updating an Entity.
• app.js is what builds and configures the express app
• config.js is the app-specific config that you will want to customize for your app
• index.js is the entrypoint that actually starts the Express server

./config

• config contains NGINX proxy configuration, the production pm2 configuration (the process-runner of choice), and the Jest configuration to run MongoDB in memory