https://github.com/anuragbhd/express-api-refkit
I frequently create APIs for muse/professional apps, and every time I find myself scrambling to pick the best pieces from my previously built APIs or online repositories.
To streamline this, I recently created this reference kit (mostly for myself) to help me in writing a production-grade Express-based API from scratch. Sharing with this group in hopes that my fellow XTians will benefit from it when writing their own RESTful APIs.
As noted in the docs:
This is NOT a starter template. The purpose of this repository is to provide reference code to anyone looking to create a beautiful, secure and well-tested Node/Express-based API from scratch.
Creating from scratch has the invaluable benefit of learning while doing. Most likely, there will be struggle which will make you better. You will know by heart all parts under the hood and exactly how they interact with each other. Basing your project off of a starter kit takes that away from you. Hence the need for a reference kit (or refkit, as I like to call it).
If you are experienced in Express, feel free to open pull requests to add improvements.
Contributions in any form are welcome 💁♂️
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