# Boilerplate for Express EB applications

This boilerplate defines the basic structure of Express applications that will live on Elastic Beanstalk. It includes support for NewRelic, Sentry, and Loggly.

## Installing

* Install Node.js 6.11 or a later LTS version. It's recommended to use [nvm](https://github.com/creationix/nvm).
* Install [yarn](https://yarnpkg.com/lang/en/)
* Clone this folder
* Rename the `app-name` subfolder to your application's name
* Replace all occurrences of `app-name` with your application's name
* Run `yarn` to install the dependencies

## Running

* `yarn start`: Start the app with [nodemon](https://github.com/remy/nodemon)
* `yarn lint`: Run the linter with [standard](https://standardjs.com/)
* `yarn test`: Run the tests with [jest](https://facebook.github.io/jest/)

## Updating

* `yarn add <package_name>`: Add a dependency
* `yarn add -D <package_name>`: Add a development dependency
* You can update the `standard` block in `package.json` to configure the linter
* You can update the `jest` block in `package.json` to configure the test runner

## Notes

* [winston](https://github.com/winstonjs/winston) is used for logging