Generator express

An Expressjs generator for Yeoman, based on the express command line tool.

Getting started

• Make sure you have yo installed: npm install -g yo
• Install the generator locally: npm install generator-express
• Run: yo express
• Run: grunt to run the local server at localhost:3000, the grunt tasks include live reloading for .jade views, css in public/stylesheets and restarting the server for changes to app.js or js in routes/

MVC apps

I've created a new generator for creating MVC style apps in express, it's based around nodejs-express-mongoose-demo. It uses MongoDB as it's default database, you will need to have it installed and running to get the default app running.

To get going:

• Make sure you have yo installed: npm install -g yo
• Install the generator locally: npm install generator-express
• Ensure that MongoDB is running on your machine, if running elsewhere the connection string can be changed in config/config.js
• Run: yo express --mvc
• Run: grunt to run the local server - defaults to localhost:3000 - port can be changed in config/config.js. The grunt tasks include live reloading as before.

##Options

• --skip-install

  Skips the automatic execution of bower and npm after scaffolding has finished.

• --mvc

  Installs MVC style scaffolding.

##Testing Tests are written with mocha.

• Install: npm install -g mocha
• Run: mocha

##Contributing Contributors are welcome, please fork and send pull requests! If you have any ideas on how to make this project better then please submit an issue.

License

MIT License