Starter kit / boilerplate generator for MEAN

[ Note: there are other similar stacks, e.g. MERN: MongoDB Express React NodeJS ]

If you’re working with MEAN (MongoDB + Express + Angular + NodeJS) in TypeScript probably you already have a tool to help you to sccafold your code. I usually use Angular CLI (as described here) for scaffold development and individual tools for specific purposes but I was missing a starter kit to automate MEAN REST APIs scaffolding in TypeScript.

So I spent some time today to learn what’s the latest in this space and found the options below:

• nest:  this framework looks great but what it pushes me away is the fact that there is mainly one consultancy company behind it.
• express-typescript: honestly this includes more than what I need, including background queues, which makes it less appealing for me.
• typescript-node-starter: supported by Microsoft and a large user community.
  • Note: this starterkit uses DefinitelyTyped, which «provide types for JavaScript libraries that were not written in TypeScript» – the repo of wrappers is gigantic see here.
• Thera are other bootstrapping tools in the TypeScript Website: https://www.typescriptlang.org/docs/home.html
• Other smaller, single developer projects incl.:
  • typescript-node-rest-api-boilerplate
  • docker-express-typescript-boilerplate

Considering community support and docummentation I decided to use TypeScript-Node-Starter for my next project.

Now it’s your turn. Do you use any of these tools? if not, which MEAN TypeScript starter kit you use?

Thanks for reading!

Javier Caceres