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Generate a Node.js app that is packed with best practices AND simplicity in mind. Based off our repo Node.js best practices (96,100 stars)


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A One Paragraph Overview

Although Node.js has great frameworks 💚, they were never meant to be dev & production ready immediately (e.g., no architecture layers, DB schemas, docker file, etc etc). Practica.js aims to bridge the gap. Based on your preferred framework, we generate example code that demonstrates a full Microservice flow, from API to DB, that is packed with good practices. For example, we include a battle-tested error handler, sanitized API response, hardened dockerfile, thoughtful 3-tier folder structure, great testing templates with DB, and more. This saves a great deal of time and can prevent painful mistakes. All decisions made are neatly and thoughtfully documented. We strive to keep things as simple and standard as possible and base our work on the popular guide: Node.js Best Practices

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Super-Quick Setup


Run Practica.js from the Command Line

Run practica CLI and generate our default app (you can customize it using different flags):

npx @practica/create-node-app immediate --install-dependencies

✨ And you're done! That's it, the code's all been generated. Our default setup includes Fastify for the web layer, Sequelize for the data access and PostgreSQL

Prefer express and Prisma? Just pass the right flags to the CLI:

npx @practica/create-node-app immediate --install-dependencies --web-framework=express --orm=prisma

Prefer other DB? We use standard ORMs, read its docs and switch DB. This is your code, do whatever you like


Start the Project

cd {your chosen folder name}
npm install

Then choose whether to start the app:

npm run

or run the tests:

npm test

Pretty straightforward, right?

You just got a Node.js Monorepo solution with one example component/Microservice and multiple libraries. Based on this hardened solution you can build a robust application. The example component/Microservice is located under: {your chosen folder name}/services/order-service. This is where you'll find the API and a good spot to start your journey from


Next Steps


Our Philosophies and Unique Values

1. Best Practices on top of known Node.js frameworks

We don't re-invent the wheel. Rather, we use your favorite framework and empower it with structure and real examples. With a single command you can get an Express/Fastify-based codebase with many thoughtful best practices inside

Built on top of known frameworks

2. Simplicity, how Node.js was intended

Keeping it simple, flat, and based on native Node/JS capabilities is part of this project's DNA. We believe that too many abstractions, high-complexity or fancy language features can quickly become a stumbling block for the team

To name a few examples, our code flow is flat with almost no level of indirection, no DI - it's just simple functions calling other functions. Although using TypeScript, almost no features are being used besides types, for modularization we simply use... Node.js modules

Simplicity!

3. Supports many technologies and frameworks

Good Practices and Simplicity is the name of the game with Practica. There is no need to narrow our code to a specific framework or database. We aim to support the popular Node.js frameworks and data access approaches

Built on top of known frameworks


Practices and Features

We apply dozens of practices and optimizations. You can opt in or out for most of these features using option flags on our CLI. The following table lists just a few examples out of the full list of features we provide.

Feature Explanation Flag Docs
Monorepo setup Generates two components (e.g., Microservices) in a single repository with interactions between the two --mr, --monorepo Docs here
Output escaping and sanitizing Clean-out outgoing responses from potential HTML security risks like XSS --oe, --output-escape Docs here
Integration (component) testing Generates full-blown component/integration tests setup including DB --t, --tests Docs here
Unique request ID (Correlation ID) Generates module that creates a unique correlation/request ID for every incoming request. This is available for any other object during the request life-span. Internally it uses Node's built-in AsyncLocalStorage --coi, --correlation-id Docs here
Dockerfile Generates dockerfile that embodies >20 best practices --df, --docker-file Docs here
Strong-schema configuration A configuration module that dynamically load run-time configuration keys and includes a strong schema so it can fail fast Built-in with basic app Docs here

📗 See our full list of features here


The People Behind Practica.js

Steering Committee

Practica is a community-driven open-source project. It's being led voluntarily by engineers from many different companies. These companies are just a few who encourage their engineers to contribute and keep this project moving. 💚

Autodesk

A Nasdaq 100 company, a world leader in design software

Cox2m

Leader IoT provider, part of 'Cox Communication', the 3rd largest cable company in the US

Core Team


Yoni Goldberg


Independent Node.js consultant

Michael Solomon


Node.js lead

Raz Luvaton


Node.js developer

Daniel Gluskin


Node.js lead

Ariel Steiner


Node.js developer

Tomer Kohane


Frontend geek

Dan Goldberg


Node.js lead

Ron Dahan


Node.js expert

Partners

These companies are keen for continuous improvement and their engineers to have been known to contribute during work hours.

Minta

Our Amazing Contributors 💚

A million thanks to these great people who have contributed code to our project:

Brian Clark
Brian Clark

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Raz Luvaton
Raz Luvaton

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Michael Solomon
Michael Solomon

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itainoam
itainoam

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shanizlo
shanizlo

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Ron Dahan
Ron Dahan

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AlonK
AlonK

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Jose Luis Alvarez Herrera
Jose Luis Alvarez Herrera

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reinaldo-calderon-team
reinaldo-calderon-team

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KarelVerschraegen
KarelVerschraegen

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Daniel Morrison
Daniel Morrison

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Sean Lowe
Sean Lowe

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idobetesh
idobetesh

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Alejandra Acosta
Alejandra Acosta

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adandanielteamint
adandanielteamint

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Rashad Majali
Rashad Majali

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yohai zvuloon
yohai zvuloon

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Yonatan Kra
Yonatan Kra

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Yoni Rapoport
Yoni Rapoport

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perilevy
perilevy

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ToMer-K
ToMer-K

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hen arbel
hen arbel

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Mojca Ostir
Mojca Ostir

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evbambly
evbambly

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Amir Adar
Amir Adar

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Sebastien Vaucouleur
Sebastien Vaucouleur

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Harry Dobrev
Harry Dobrev

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Bassam Ismail
Bassam Ismail

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Marcos Molina
Marcos Molina

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Isen Kasa
Isen Kasa

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Vishal Sharma
Vishal Sharma

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