First step

clone the repo by writing this command

git clone https://github.com/mohamedhoss123/express-template.git --depth 1 yourProjectName

after that go to package.json file and change package name then wrote pnpm install

Config and Setup

• after cloning the repo rename file .example.env to .env then add the database connection string
• run the command pnpm run db:generate then pnpm run db:migrate to init db or pnpm run db:push if you don't want to make migratin

Run the Projct

use the command pnpm run dev to run the project .

Controllars

important : controllers must prefix with *.controller.ts 

controller are auto loaded by the loadControllers helper and invoked in main.ts file be aware that this aprouch won't make tsx auto reload so you can manually reload it by pressing enter key on the keyboard , you don't need to restart the command just press enter on the watch terminal session

Helpers

this template provide some useful helpers :
zodFactory

zodFactory

the zodFactory helpers allows you to add a zod schema and it will automaticlly return a middleware with your schema to validate it for example

zod schema :

export const CreateUser = z.object({
    username: z.string(),
    email: z.string().email(),
    password: z.string()
})

your controller:

@UseBefore(ValidationFactory(CreateUser))
@Post("/register")
@HttpCode(201)
async register(@Body() body: TCreateUser) {
    await AuthService.createUser(body);
    return "ok"
}