node-express-boilerplate

readme.md

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index.js

import express from 'express';
import bodyParser from 'body-parser';
import cors from 'cors';


const app = express()

let port = process.env.PORT || 8080;

// set the view engine to ejs
app.set('view engine', 'ejs'); 

// make express look in the public directory for assets (css/js/img)
app.use(express.static(__dirname + '/public'));

app.use(cors())

//default route
app.get('/', (req, res) => res.send('Hello World'));

//create a server
var server = app.listen(port, function() {
  var host = server.address().address;
  var port = server.address().port;

  console.log('App listening at http://%s:%s', host, port);
});

user.model.js

export default (sequelize, DataTypes) => {
  const User = sequelize.define(
    'User',
    {
      firstname: DataTypes.STRING,
      lastname: DataTypes.STRING,
      username: DataTypes.STRING,
      email: DataTypes.STRING,
      password: DataTypes.STRING,
      role: DataTypes.STRING,
    },
    {}
  );

  User.associate = function(models) {
    // associations go here
  };

  return User;
};