simple express.js skeleton application

good for somebody who isn't sure how it all fits together and needs a starting point for making web applications in node.js.

it uses the following key components:

• express for handling routes
• sequelize as the database orm
• redis for session store
• webpack for bundling frontend assets

quickstart

git clone https://github.com/engineer-man/express-mvc-skeleton
cd express-mvc-skeleton
docker-compose up

then open http://127.0.0.1:8000 in your browser

other essential commands

# access container running your app
docker-compose exec app /bin/bash

# access mysql
docker-compose exec mysql mysql -uroot -proot

outline of project structure

|- controllers # these are for handling routes
|- frontend    # contains js, jsx, less files to be bundled for the frontend
|- models      # these are for accessing your db
|- public      # all non-routes get served from here
|- var         # variable data for variable purposes
|- views       # these are your templates, controllers will render them