basic-express-app/helpers/templateGenerator.js

simple cli to generate a basic express scaffolding with minimal tmplate

/** @format */

const { writeFileSync } = require("fs")

const serverGen = (cwd) =>
	writeFileSync(
		cwd + `/index.js`,
		`const express = require("express")
		require("dotenv").config()
		
		const app = express()
		
		//middleware
		app.use(express.json())
		app.get("/", (req, res) => {
			res.send("Hello world")
		})
		
		const PORT = process.env.PORT || 5001
		app.listen(PORT, () => console.log(\`server running on \${PORT}\`))`
	)

const gitIgnoreGen = (cwd) =>
	writeFileSync(
		cwd + `/.gitignore`,
		`/node_modules
		./env.local`
	)

module.exports = {
	serverGen,
	gitIgnoreGen,
}