backend-template (Node.js)

List of contents

• Technologies used
• List of libraries used
• How to use

Technologies used

Technology name	Link
Node.js	Website
PostgreSQL	Website

List of libraries used

Library name	Purpose	Link
bluebird	for parallel asynchronous operations await Promise.all([])	Website
camelcase	for parsing filenames	Website
decamelize	for parsing filenames	Website
dotenv	for environment variables	Website
express	framework of the entire application for the API	Website
cors	for corses	Website
morgan	for logging requests	Website
log4js	for logging requests	Website
chalk	for logging requests	Website
pg	to work with the database	Website
pg-hstore	to work with the database	Website
sequelize	as an ORM for working with the database	Website
sequelize-auto-migrations	for automatic creation of migrations from ORM models	Website
sequelize-cli	for database operations	Website
ws	to work with the web socket	Website
joi	for validation	Website

How to use

List of contents

• Pre commit hook
• Run application

Pre commit hook

Copy the .scripts/pre-commit file to the .git/hooks/ folder to automatically fill in the build.json file before the commit.

Run application

1. Copy .env.example, change its name to .env, and populate the file according to your environment;
2. Run the command:

npm i

to set dependencies; 3. Run the command:

npm run db:migrate:create

4. Run the command:

npm run db:seed

5. Execute the command:

npm run start

to run the application.