Setup

One-liner: Create private repo. Clone it. Install deps. Open VS Code.

PROJECT_NAME='boil-node' # Repo will be named "boil-node" unless you change this.
gh repo create --private --clone --template Christopher-Hayes/boil-node "$PROJECT_NAME" && cd "$PROJECT_NAME" && yarn && code .

For other IDEs replace code .

Start

Run your code once.

yarn start

Dev

Your code will rerun when files change.

yarn dev

boil-node

A template repo for simple Node.js projects.

Primarly focused on prototyping with Node.JS where the tools should not get in the way.

Goals with this template

I use Node.JS a lot for small internal tools. Typescript is a must-have when working with data, and it's hassle remembering how to set it up each time to use modern JS features. Popular GitHub Node.JS templates try to be too helpful, and slow down dev.

This template has..

• YES Supports modern JS features
• YES Typescript should just work
• YES JS is allowed too, typescript is not forced

This template does not include..

• NO Aggressive linting
• NO Git hooks, vscode settings, or other annoying defaults
• NO Testing, just building
• NO Messing with tsc build config