Express' application generator.

Installation

$ npm install -g express-generator

You can also run the application generator with the npx command (available since Node.js 8.2.0).

$ npx express-generator

Quick Start

The quickest way to get started with express is to utilize the executable express(1) to generate an application as shown below:

Create the app:

$ express --view=hbs /tmp/foo &&cd /tmp/foo

Install dependencies:

$ npm install

Start your Express.js app at http://localhost:3000/:

$ npm start

Command Line Options

This generator can also be further configured with the following command line flags.

 --version output the version number
-e, --ejs add ejs engine support
--pug add pug engine support
--hbs add handlebars engine support
-H, --hogan add hogan.js engine support
-v, --view <engine> add view <engine> support (dust|ejs|hbs|hjs|jade|pug|twig|vash) (defaults to jade)
--no-view use static html instead of view engine
-c, --css <engine> add stylesheet <engine> support (less|stylus|compass|sass) (defaults to plain css)
--git add .gitignore
-f, --force force on non-empty directory
-h, --help output usage information

License

MIT