Express TypeScript Template

A modern Express.js template with TypeScript, featuring:

• 🚀 Express.js with TypeScript
• 📦 Drizzle ORM for PostgreSQL
• 🔒 Built-in security with Helmet
• ✨ Prettier for code formatting
• 🚦 Eslint for code linting
• 🧪 Vitest for testing
• 🔄 Server-Sent Events support with better-sse
• ✅ Request validation with Zod
• 🏗 Esbuild for bundling
• 🧾 Api documentation with Zod-to-openapi and Swagger UI.

Prerequisites

• Node.js
• PostgreSQL

Getting Started

1. Clone the repository
2. Copy .env.example to .env.local and configure your environment variables
3. Install dependencies:

   npm install

4. Push drizzle database schema;

   npm run db:push

5. Start development server;

   npm run dev

6. Visit localhost:8000/docs to view api docs.
7. Create and query posts from api docs.

Database

This template uses Drizzle ORM with PostgreSQL. Configure your database connection in the .env.local file.

Licence

MIT

Created By

Jesse Ajioh