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@devmoods/express-extras

Kubernetes-ready utilities for rapid Node.js application development

Extremely opinionated set of utilities for cranking out production-ready Node.js apps in a timely manner. We assume you are using PostgreSQL as the main database, Redis for data you don't want in Postgres and Faktory for background jobs.

Only works with ECMAScript Modules (ESM)
Thin layer on top of Express with better support for async/await
PostgreSQL with transactions and migrations
Redis
Slack (and Discord) client for sending operational notifications
CLI commands inspired by Django's management commands
Delayed jobs with Faktory
Validation of HTTP requests using JSON Schemas
Logging helpers to write well-formatted contextual JSON logs to stdout
Request local context using AsyncLocalStorage (e.g. request ids)
RFC 7807 Problem Details for HTTP APIs by default
Works best with the pnpm package manager
Uses Sentry for external error monitoring
Inspired by The Twelve-Factor App
- Graceful shutdown
- Read configuration from .env files

Goals

Time-to-market

Non-goals

Encourage deviating from the chosen path

Example

See the example/ folder for a complete example.

Configure

Put environment variables in .env at the application will automatically read those on startup. For test configuration in unit and integrations tests, use .env.test.