barnes-node-ts-express-starter/bin/create-server.js

A modern Node.js TypeScript Express starter template with essential development tooling

#!/usr/bin/env node

import fs from 'fs-extra';
import path from 'path';
import { fileURLToPath } from 'url';
import inquirer from 'inquirer';

const __filename = fileURLToPath(import.meta.url);
const __dirname = path.dirname(__filename);

async function main() {
  const { targetDir } = await inquirer.prompt([
    {
      type: 'input',
      name: 'targetDir',
      message: 'Enter the name of your new backend project folder:',
      default: 'my-backend'
    }
  ]);

  const cwd = process.cwd();
  const targetPath = path.join(cwd, targetDir);

  if (await fs.pathExists(targetPath)) {
    console.error(`❌ Directory ${targetDir} already exists.`);
    process.exit(1);
  }

  const templateDir = path.join(__dirname, '../template');

  try {
    await fs.copy(templateDir, targetPath);
    console.log(`✅ Project created at ${targetPath}`);
    console.log('Run `cd', targetDir, '` then `npm install` and `npm run dev`');
  } catch (err) {
    console.error('❌ Error copying template:', err);
  }
}

main();