node-plates

a node.js boilerplate using express, socket.io, mongooose, jquery.mobile & html 5 mobile/web application.

Installation

$ npm install node-plates

Usage

$ node server.js
$ node server.js -m  use jquery mobile
$ node server.js -w, use website html 5 boilerplate
$ node server.js -c, use client side templating
$ node server.js -s, use server side templating
$ node server.js -a, display article content
$ node server.js -x, use external storage for sessions/registrations/articles using mongoDb

Dependencies

Requires mongoDb via mongoose in order to use the scale option -x

Run mongodb before starting node-plates using the following; where some_data_path is your path to a mongoDb instance data folder. Will throw an 'error connecting to database' if not running..

$ mongod --dbpath some_data_path

Current setup includes

• Environment cascading configuration files using konphyg
• Environment based module load
• Express; with some best practices in place such as:
• [Error handling with error middleware]
• [Routes seperated into modules and exported]
• [Content Negotiation]
• Route middleware
• Express production configuration
• Configuring session stores using konphyg for:
• In memory
• Mongo
• Redis
• Couch
• Memcache
• Supporting multiple view engines using consolidate.js
• Templating using dust.js
• Server side templating using dust.js
• Client side templating using dust.js; with pre-compilation or client side compilation
• JQuery Mobile template
• Html5 boilerplate template
• Using Backbone.js for cleaner javascript
• Socket.io
• Socket.io handshake with express using configurable sessions
• Socket.io production configuration
• Forms authentication via SSL TLS for secure login/my account pages
• In/out of process storage
• scale article content, registrations and sessions using mongoDb
• will default to using NStore; an in process key/value store for article content, registrations and sessions