Expres.js Typescript RESTful API Skeleton Project

A skeleton project for a RESTful web service with Express.js and TypeScript

Structure

• src/index.ts: entry file for the app that starts of express server
• src/App.ts: express app class where middleware is configured
• src/routes/: directory for all routes; all *.routes.ts files in here are automatically included by index.ts and injected into App.ts.

Build Setup

# install dependencies
yarn

# serve locally with hot reload on localhost:3000 (adjustable in `src/config/config.ts` or with ENV variable `PORT`)
yarn start

# build node.js version for production
yarn build

# start created production build
yarn prod

# run TypeScript linter
yarn lint