This is the starter I use to build the servers I need for my side projects. Read more about how it works at http://tiny.cc/nodejs-server-starter.

Features:

• A Koa.js server (Node JS)
• A MongoDB Database, access with mongo-express
• A GraphQL API
• Mocha/Chai integration tests
• GraphQL Code Generator
• Typescript
• Everything is containerized (docker-compose)
• Uses ESLint, Nodemon and git hooks for efficient development workflows.

1. Clone the repo.
2. Run npm install.
3. Duplicate sample.env, rename it .env and edit it with your secret variables.
4. Start the database and mongo-express containers by running docker-compose up -d database mongo-express.
5. Start the server by running npm run start.
6. Start coding! Head to http://localhost:8081/ to use mongo-express to browse the database, and to localhost:<SERVER_PORT>/graphiql to play with graphQL. Extend the server with the features you need for your application.

Contributions to fix/improve this starter are welcome. Note that the goal is to keep it generic so that it can be used for any kind of server.

Open a Pull Request.