Professional Backend Project

All about the configuration needed before the start of a backend project.

Let's Code

Make a folder chaibackend
- intialise Node by npm init
- keep the default
Add readme.md and add to github
$Protip💡$: Images stored at Third Party service like AWS , Azure , Cloudnary
- temporaly stored at server ; so as if connection is lost ; user dont have to upload again
$Protip💡$: Git can track empty folder so add .gitkeep works opposite to .gitignore
Make folder public and folder temp in it , add .gitkeep inside temp
Make .gitignore at root directory
- gitignore generator ; search in browser link and search for node
- copy paste in .gitignore
Make .env at root directory
Make src folder at root directory
three files : app.js; index.js; constants.js
change in package.json "type" : "module",
Reload if change in index.js
- by --watch ; new Node feature
- by nodemon ; followed here
  - install by npm i -D nodemon
  - -D symbolises dev dependency instead of main dependency ; check docs official for more
- change in script.js

"Scripts" : {
   "dev" : "nodeman src/index.js"
}

update github
Make folders in src folder
- controllers
- db
- middleware
- models
- routes
- utils
$Protip💡$: Adding prettier plugin for an organised format
- npm i -D prettier
- Make two files
  - .prettierrc : holds configuration

{
  "trailingComma": "es5",
  "tabWidth": 2,
  "semi": true,
  "singleQuote": true ,
  "bracketSpacing" : true 
}

*.env
.env
.env.*
/.vscode
/node_modules
./dist