Node.js starter using Fastify & TypeScript

Create a new server:

pnpx degit yonathan06/fastify-typescript-starter my-server

or npx.

See degit docs for detailed explaination

Included in the boilerplate

• TypeScript (using esbuild for fast compilation, and tsx for development)
• Env vars
• Tests (using Vitest)
• Fastify
• CI with github actions
• Docker image
• Linting
• ESM (can be opt out by changing the tsconfig: https://www.typescriptlang.org/docs/handbook/esm-node.html)

BYODB - Bring your own database - no database connection included

Set Up

• Install the dependencies.

pnpm install

or npm/yarn

• Start the server in development mode.

pnpm dev

or npm/yarn

Env vars

Loaded from .env file, with schema validation

Backend API Development

There are a number of handy commands you can run to help with development.

Command	Action
pnpm run dev	Run the server in dev mode, automatically restarts on file change
pnpm build	Compile TypeScript to JavaScript
pnpm start	Start JavaScript from 'build' directory
pnpm test	Run unit tests (run pnpm build before)
pnpm test:watch	Run backend tests in watch mode, running on changed test files
pnpm lint	Run eslint
pnpm lint:fix	Run eslint in fix mode

CI

Run tests on push/PR to 'main' branch Check .github/workflows/CI.yml

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