NodeJS Console App with ES6 - Starter Project

Sometimes you just need a place to start coding and see results!

This is a quick tutorial on how to start a project for a Console App, in NodeJS, with ES6 support.

Lean and mean 😎

1) Create your project folder and enter it

2) Run npm init -y

3) Install the following packages:

yarn add @babel/core @babel/node @babel/preset-env nodemon --D

4) Create the .babelrc file in the root, and paste this as content:

{
  "presets": ["@babel/preset-env"]
}

5) Edit package.json

• Add "type": "module"
• Add "start": "nodemon --exec babel-node src/index.js" to the scripts

6) Create src/index.js to write your code

7) Run with yarn start

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Additional capabilities 📦

Environment variables

1. Install dotenv with yarn add dotenv
2. Create the .env file and add your variables
3. Add import "dotenv/config"; at the top of your index.js
4. Use your variables in code

API access

1. Install node-fetch with yarn add node-fetch
2. Add import fetch from "node-fetch"; at the top of your index.js
3. Make your API calls

Async and await

1. Add an async IIFE like (async function main() { /*code here*/ })();
2. Add your awaited code inside