TL;DR / Executive Summary
- An interactive CLI tool that scaffolds production-ready Express APIs.
- Automates boilerplate for authentication, database connections, and Docker setups.
- Ensures best practices for testing and architecture from day one.
Key Features
- Interactive setup for dependencies and architecture choices
- Template-driven code generation for app and server bootstrap
- Optional JWT auth scaffolding with secure utilities
- Optional MongoDB, CORS, Helmet, logger, and rate-limit setup
- Dockerfile and docker-compose generation
- Jest + Supertest boilerplate test generation
- Package manager support for npm, yarn, pnpm, and bun
- Automatic dependency version pinning after install
Solution Provided
- Standardized Express project bootstrapping so teams can start with production-ready architecture from day one.
- Cut setup time by automating repetitive boilerplate across auth, database, testing, security, and Docker.
- Improved consistency and onboarding by generating opinionated, configurable starters for different project needs.
My Contributions
- Designed and implemented the full CLI scaffolding workflow
- Built token-based template rendering for configurable output
- Added safe defaults for security, logging, and error handling
- Wrote end-to-end tests covering generation variants and edge cases
Tech Stack
Node.jsExpress.jsJavaScript (ESM)MongoDBDockerJest
Metrics
7/7
Automated Tests Passing
4
Package Managers Supported
Auth + Docker + Jest
Optional Add-ons
Template-Driven
Configurable Scaffolding