To be honest, I do not quite remember everything I changed here today. But it is all good, I tell ya.

src/skeletons/express-ts/package.json

@@ -1,45 +1,62 @@
 {
-	"name": "project-name",
-	"version": "1.0.0",
-	"description": "",
-	"main": "app.js",
-	"scripts": {
-		"start": "node dist/app.js",
-		"dev": "nodemon src/app.ts",
-		"test": "jest",
-		"clean": "rimraf dist/*",
-		"copy-assets": "ts-node src/utils/copyAssets",
-		"tsc": "tsc -p .",
-		"build": "npm-run-all clean tsc copy-assets"
-	},
-	"keywords": [],
-	"author": "",
-	"license": "ISC",
-	"dependencies": {
-		"cors": "^2.8.5",
-		"dotenv": "^8.2.0",
-		"ejs": "^3.1.6",
-		"express": "^4.17.1",
-		"mongoose": "^5.12.3",
-		"morgan": "^1.10.0",
-		"fs-extra": "^10.0.0"
-	},
-	"devDependencies": {
-		"@types/cors": "^2.8.10",
-		"@types/ejs": "^3.0.6",
-		"@types/express": "^4.17.11",
-		"@types/fs-extra": "^9.0.12",
-		"@types/jest": "^27.0.1",
-		"@types/mongoose": "^5.10.5",
-		"@types/morgan": "^1.9.2",
-		"@types/node": "^14.14.41",
-		"@types/shelljs": "^0.8.9",
-		"jest": "^27.0.6",
-		"npm-run-all": "^4.1.5",
-		"rimraf": "^3.0.2",
-		"shelljs": "^0.8.4",
-		"ts-jest": "^27.0.5",
-		"ts-node": "^9.1.1",
-		"typescript": "^4.2.4"
-	}
-}
+    "name": "project-name",
+    "version": "1.0.0",
+    "description": "",
+    "main": "app.js",
+    "scripts": {
+        "start": "node -r tsconfig-paths/register -r ts-node/register dist/server.js",
+        "dev": "nodemon src/server.ts",
+        "test": "jest",
+        "clean": "rimraf dist/*",
+        "copy-assets": "ts-node src/utils/copyAssets",
+        "tsc": "tsc -p .",
+        "build": "npm-run-all clean tsc copy-assets"
+    },
+    "keywords": [],
+    "author": "",
+    "license": "ISC",
+    "dependencies": {
+        "colors": "^1.4.0",
+        "cookie-parser": "^1.4.5",
+        "cors": "^2.8.5",
+        "dotenv": "^8.2.0",
+        "ejs": "^3.1.6",
+        "express": "^4.17.1",
+        "fs-extra": "^10.0.0",
+        "mongoose": "^5.12.3",
+        "morgan": "^1.10.0"
+    },
+    "devDependencies": {
+        "@types/cookie-parser": "^1.4.2",
+        "@types/cors": "^2.8.10",
+        "@types/ejs": "^3.0.6",
+        "@types/express": "^4.17.11",
+        "@types/fs-extra": "^9.0.12",
+        "@types/jest": "^27.0.1",
+        "@types/mongoose": "^5.10.5",
+        "@types/morgan": "^1.9.2",
+        "@types/node": "^14.14.41",
+        "@types/shelljs": "^0.8.9",
+        "jest": "^27.0.6",
+        "npm-run-all": "^4.1.5",
+        "rimraf": "^3.0.2",
+        "shelljs": "^0.8.4",
+        "ts-jest": "^27.0.5",
+        "ts-node": "^9.1.1",
+        "tsconfig-paths": "^3.11.0",
+        "typescript": "^4.2.4"
+    },
+    "nodemonConfig": {
+        "ignore": [
+            "**/*.test.ts",
+            "**/*.spec.ts",
+            ".git",
+            "node_modules"
+        ],
+        "watch": [
+            "src"
+        ],
+        "exec": "node -r tsconfig-paths/register -r ts-node/register ./src/server.ts",
+        "ext": "ts, js"
+    }
+}

src/skeletons/express-ts/src/app.ts

@@ -1,43 +1,36 @@
 import express from 'express'
 import morgan from 'morgan'
-import mongoose from 'mongoose'
 import path from 'path'
 import cors from 'cors'
+import cookieParser from 'cookie-parser'
+import { router as routes } from '@/routes'
+import { router as middlewares } from '@/middlewares'
 
-const config = require('./utils/environment')
-const routes = require('./routes')
-const middlewares = require('./middlewares')
+const corsWhitelist = ['http://localhost:8080', 'http://localhost:6060']
+const corsOptions = {
+	origin: function (origin: any, callback: any) {
+		if (!origin || corsWhitelist.indexOf(origin) !== -1) {
+			callback(null, true)
+		} else {
+			callback(new Error('Not allowed by CORS'))
+		}
+	},
+	optionsSuccessStatus: 200,
+	credentials: true,
+}
 
-const port: Number = config.APP_PORT || 8080
-const app = express()
-
-// MongoDB
-const dbURI: string = config.DB_URI
-mongoose
-	.connect(dbURI, {
-		useNewUrlParser: true,
-		useUnifiedTopology: true,
-		useCreateIndex: true,
-	})
-	.then(result => {
-		console.log('connected to db')
-		app.listen(port, () => {
-			console.log(`Server is listening on http://localhost:${port}`)
-		})
-	})
-	.catch(err => {
-		console.log(err)
-	})
+export const app = express()
 
 // Middlewares
 app.use(middlewares)
 app.set('view engine', 'ejs')
 app.set('views', path.join(__dirname, 'views'))
-app.use(cors())
+app.use(cors(corsOptions))
 app.use(morgan('dev'))
 app.use(express.urlencoded({ extended: true }))
 app.use(express.json())
 app.use(express.static(path.join(__dirname, 'public')))
+app.use(cookieParser())
 
 // Routes
 app.use(routes)

src/skeletons/express-ts/src/controllers/rootController.ts

@@ -1,10 +1,6 @@
 import { Request, Response } from 'express'
 
-const root_get = (req: Request, res: Response) => {
+export const root_get = (req: Request, res: Response) => {
 	res.render('home')
 	return true
 }
-
-module.exports = {
-	root_get,
-}

src/skeletons/express-ts/src/interfaces/globalInterface.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+export interface ErrType {
+	code: number
+	message: string
+}

src/skeletons/express-ts/src/middlewares/index.ts

@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 import { Router } from 'express'
-const sayHiMiddleware = require('./sayHiMiddleware')
+import { router as sayHiMiddleware } from '@/middlewares/sayHiMiddleware'
 
-const router = Router()
+export const router = Router()
 
 router.use(sayHiMiddleware)
-
-module.exports = router

src/skeletons/express-ts/src/middlewares/sayHiMiddleware.ts

@@ -1,11 +1,9 @@
 import { Router, Request, Response, NextFunction } from 'express'
 
-const router = Router()
+export const router = Router()
 
 router.use((req: Request, res: Response, next: NextFunction) => {
 	console.log('Hi :)')
 
 	next()
 })
-
-module.exports = router

src/skeletons/express-ts/src/routes/index.ts

@@ -1,13 +1,11 @@
-import { Router } from 'express'
-const rootRoutes = require('./rootRoutes')
+import { Request, Response, Router } from 'express'
+import { router as rootRoutes } from './rootRoutes'
 
-const router = Router()
+export const router = Router()
 
 router.use(rootRoutes)
 
 // 404
-router.use((req, res) => {
+router.use((req: Request, res: Response) => {
 	res.status(404).send('E404')
 })
-
-module.exports = router

src/skeletons/express-ts/src/routes/rootRoutes.ts

@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 import { Router } from 'express'
-const rootController = require('../controllers/rootController')
+import * as rootController from '@/controllers/rootController'
 
-const router = Router()
+export const router = Router()
 
 router.get('/', rootController.root_get)
-
-module.exports = router

src/skeletons/express-ts/src/server.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+import mongoose from 'mongoose'
+import { app } from '@/app'
+import config from '@/utils/environment'
+import { Err, Succ } from '@/services/globalService'
+
+const port: Number = config.APP_PORT || 8080
+
+// MongoDB
+const dbURI: string = config.DB_URI
+mongoose
+	.connect(dbURI, {
+		useNewUrlParser: true,
+		useUnifiedTopology: true,
+		useCreateIndex: true,
+	})
+	.then(() => {
+		new Succ(200, 'connected to db')
+		app.listen(port, () => {
+			new Succ(200, `Server is listening on http://localhost:${port}`)
+		})
+	})
+	.catch((err: any) => {
+		new Err(500, err)
+	})

src/skeletons/express-ts/src/services/globalService.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+import colors from 'colors'
+import { ErrType } from '@/interfaces/globalInterface'
+
+export class Err implements ErrType {
+	code: number
+	message: string
+
+	constructor(code: number, message: string) {
+		this.code = code
+		this.message = message
+		this.drop()
+	}
+
+	drop() {
+		console.log(colors.bgRed(`${this.code}`) + colors.bgBlack.red(` ${this.message}`))
+		return {
+			code: this.code,
+			message: this.message,
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+export class Succ {
+	code: number
+	message: string
+
+	constructor(code: number, message: string) {
+		this.code = code
+		this.message = message
+		this.drop()
+	}
+
+	drop() {
+		console.log(colors.bgGreen.black(`${this.code}`) + colors.green.bgBlack(` ${this.message}`))
+		return {
+			code: this.code,
+			message: this.message,
+		}
+	}
+}

src/skeletons/express-ts/src/services/rootService.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+export const helloWorld = () => {
+	console.log('hello world')
+}

src/skeletons/express-ts/src/utils/copyAssets.ts

@@ -3,4 +3,5 @@ import * as shell from 'shelljs'
 // Copy all the view templates
 shell.cp('-R', 'src/views', 'dist/')
 shell.cp('-R', 'src/public', 'dist/')
+shell.cp('-R', 'src/models', 'dist/')
 shell.cp('-u', 'src/.env', 'dist/')

src/skeletons/express-ts/src/utils/environment.ts

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import path from 'path'
 require('dotenv').config({ path: path.join(__dirname, '../.env') })
 
-module.exports = {
-	APP_PORT: process.env.APP_PORT,
-	DB_URI: process.env.DB_URI,
+export default {
+	APP_PORT: Number(process.env.APP_PORT),
+	DB_URI: String(process.env.DB_URI),
 }

src/skeletons/express-ts/tsconfig.json

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
     // "declarationMap": true,                      /* Generates a sourcemap for each corresponding '.d.ts' file. */
     // "sourceMap": true,                           /* Generates corresponding '.map' file. */
     // "outFile": "./",                             /* Concatenate and emit output to single file. */
-    "outDir": "./dist",                              /* Redirect output structure to the directory. */
+    "outDir": "./dist",                             /* Redirect output structure to the directory. */
     "rootDir": "./src",                             /* Specify the root directory of input files. Use to control the output directory structure with --outDir. */
     // "composite": true,                           /* Enable project compilation */
     // "tsBuildInfoFile": "./",                     /* Specify file to store incremental compilation information */
@@ -44,8 +44,22 @@
 
     /* Module Resolution Options */
     // "moduleResolution": "node",                  /* Specify module resolution strategy: 'node' (Node.js) or 'classic' (TypeScript pre-1.6). */
-    // "baseUrl": "./",                             /* Base directory to resolve non-absolute module names. */
-    // "paths": {},                                 /* A series of entries which re-map imports to lookup locations relative to the 'baseUrl'. */
+    "baseUrl": "./",                                /* Base directory to resolve non-absolute module names. */
+    "paths": {
+      "@/*": ["src/","src/*"],
+      "@dist/*": ["dist/*"],
+      "@controllers/*": ["src/controllers/"],
+      "@interfaces/*": ["src/interfaces/*"],
+      "@middlewares/*": ["src/middlewares/*"],
+      "@models/*": ["src/models/*"],
+      "@public/*": ["src/public/*"],
+      "@routes/*": ["src/routes/*"],
+      "@services/*": ["src/services/*"],
+      "@test/*": ["src/test/*"],
+      "@utils/*": ["src/utils/*"],
+      "@validators/*": ["src/validators/*"],
+      "@views/*": ["src/views/*"],
+    }, 
     // "rootDirs": [],                              /* List of root folders whose combined content represents the structure of the project at runtime. */
     // "typeRoots": [],                             /* List of folders to include type definitions from. */
     // "types": [],                                 /* Type declaration files to be included in compilation. */