Barebones, basic modern web backend setup

Dependency list:

• TypeScript
• Express
• Prisma
• Zod
• Nodemon

Key features:

• Simple token based auth
• Barebones structure

Install the project dependencies:

npm i

Usage

For development purposes, you can run the application using Nodemon to automatically restart the server when changes are detected. Execute the following command:

npm run dev

This will start the server at http://localhost:1337 by default. You can change the port in the src/index.ts file or create an .env file to manage the environt-specific variables separately.

For production, you can build the TypeScript files and then start the server. Run the following commands:

npm run build
npm start

Project Structure

The project structure is organized as follows:

• src: Contains TypeScript source files
  • index.ts: Configures and starts the Express application
  • data: Contains stuff related to the database
    • data-source.ts Initializes and exports the Prisma instance - exports appDataSource
  • modules: Contains stuff
    • routes Contains web routes
      • auth.ts Configures authentication requests
    • utilities Contains different utilities in seperate files
      • auth-util.ts Auth utilities
      • route-util.ts Routing utilities
• dist: Output directory created during build for compiled TypeScript files
• package.json: Project configuration and dependencies
• tsconfig.json: TypeScript configuration

You can customize the project configuration i nthe tsconfig.json file and adjust the server settings in the src/index.ts file.