express-light-rail (a.k.a. Express like Rails)

Some base models that will help your write an express app with some of the conceptual benefits of rails.

If you are asking yourself, "Should I be using Rails instead?", the answer is yes, you should be using Rails instead. This library is mearly a shim to reduce the pain of using a limited toolset in a limited environment.

Development

With Docker

1. Set up asdf and install ruby.
2. Set up direnv with an .envrc with PATH_add bin.
3. Build the app with dev build.
4. Boot the app with dev up.

Install software with:

• dev npm install <package-name>

Without Docker

1. Build the project with:

   npm run build

Testing

With Docker

1. Set up asdf and install ruby.
2. Set up direnv with an .envrc with PATH_add bin.
3. Build the app with dev build.
4. Boot the test service with dev test.

Without Docker

1. Run the tests with:

   npm run test

Deployment

1. Generate a new version via:

   npm version patch -m "some message"      # "patch" -> 1.0.0 -> 1.0.1
   npm version minor -m "some message"      # "minor" -> 1.0.0 -> 1.1.0
   npm version major -m "some message"      # "major" -> 1.0.0 -> 2.0.0

2. Deploy to npm with:

   npm publish

   Note that publish runs npm run build via prepublishOnly script.