Better question is why not? I've created this project because I want to eliminate the time I spend bootstrapping my newest projects.

project-bootstrap aims to give developer a clean bootstrapped project which he/she can then immediately use for building the next best thing.

NodeJs version ~5.6.0

When you are ready to start developing simply run:

npm run dev

This will bring up the node server on http://localhost:3000/ and listen to all the changes you make in your code. If change is detected node server (nodemon) is restarted or frontend code (js, scss) is rebuilt.

You think you have finished and you are ready to deploy? Run:

npm run build

This will compile your frontend code from src and put it into public folder. It will also minify and copy all the images from src/images to public/images. Be aware that build command reads the NODE_ENV variable and based on the setting it builds the appropriate version of your assets. Set NODE_ENV=production to build production version of your code.

You can force production build with npm run build:prod.

Differences between development and production:

There is a Dockerfile which you can use for running this project in a docker container. If you don't know what docker is or how to use it I suggest you to have a look at this:

Docker Tutorial - What is Docker & Docker Containers, Images, etc?

Credits to LearnCode.academy

• Add tests for controllers
• Find a good way to successfuly test the whole flow (BDD)
• Create generators for code (e.g.: npm run generate controller user)