Express Manager

Express Manager is a CLI-based tool to generate Express controller, model, and router files for your project. This tool helps streamline the setup process for Express applications, ensuring consistency and saving time.

Features

• Generate model, controller, and router files
• Supports both JavaScript and TypeScript
• Easy to use interactive CLI

Installation

To install Express Manager, use npm:

npm install -g express-manager

Usage

Basic Command

To use Express Manager, run the following command:

express-manager generate <type> <name>

• type: The type of file to generate. This can be model, controller, router, or module.
• name: The name of the file to generate.

Examples

Generate a Model

express-manager generate model user

This command will generate a model file named user.model.js or user.model.ts based on your selected language.

Generate a Controller

express-manager generate controller user

This command will generate a controller file named user.controller.js or user.controller.ts.

Generate a Router

express-manager generate router user

This command will generate a router file named user.router.js or user.router.ts.

Generate a Full Module

express-manager generate module user

This command will generate all three files: user.model.js (or .ts), user.controller.js (or .ts), and user.router.js (or .ts).

Language Selection

When you run the tool for the first time, you will be prompted to select a language (JavaScript or TypeScript). This selection will be saved in a configuration file (express-manager-config.json) in your project directory.

Example Directory Structure

After generating files, your directory structure will look like one of these, depending on your chosen organization mode:

• By Module: Groups related files (model, controller, router) for each module in its own directory.

project-directory/
│
├── user/
│   ├── user.model.js
│   ├── user.controller.js
│   └── user.router.js
│
├── express-manager-config.json
│
└── ...

• By Type: Separates files into directories based on their type (models, controllers, routers).

project-directory/
│
├── models/
│   ├── user.model.js
│   └── product.model.js
│
├── controllers/
│   ├── user.controller.js
│   └── product.controller.js
│
├── routers/
│   ├── user.router.js
│   └── product.router.js
│
├── express-manager-config.json
│
└── ...

License

This project is licensed under the ISC License. See the LICENSE file for details.

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please feel free to submit a pull request or open an issue on GitHub.

Contact

For any inquiries or feedback, please contact the author.