express-starter

This is a skeleton project for the start of a web app written on ExpressJS. It includes connect-assets to manage compilation of CSS and JavaScript, Jade as a templating engine, and CoffeeScript.

Directories and notable files

• express-starter
  • assets — Managed by connect-assets.
    • css — Anything that can be compiled to CSS (Stylus, SASS, LESS, etc).
      • pages — Page-specific styles here, using body classes to target specific views (see layout.jade).
    • js — Anything that can be compiled to JavaScript (CoffeeScript, Iced CoffeeScript, etc).
  • config — Application configuration, in JSON format (*.json).
  • controllers — Split your application into managable controllers and place them here. The special controller "host" should ".use" the other controllers where appropriate.
    • host.coffee — The main ExpressJS server.
  • public — Any additional public assets that aren't managed by connect-assets (images, files, etc).
  • test — Tests, because you test, of course.
  • views — Use folders inside of views which correspond to the controller name from which they are rendered.
    • layout.jade — The master layout for the application.
  • index.js — The entry point for the server (your command to start the server should be: node index.js).

About the author

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