This guide outlines the steps to set up a professional backend environment for production. Follow these steps to ensure a robust and organized structure for your backend development.

npm init

Create a README.md file to document your project. Initialize a Git repository, commit your code, and push it to the remote repository.

# Initialize Git
git init

# Create README.md
touch README.md

# Add and commit files
git add .
git commit -m "Initial commit"

# Create a remote repository and push the code
# Follow the instructions from your chosen hosting service (e.g., GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket)

Create a public folder to store files to be served by the server. Ensure files are tracked in version control.

mkdir public
touch public/temp/.gitkeep
git add public/temp/.gitkeep
git commit -m "Add public folder for file uploads"

Create a .gitignore file to specify files and directories that should be ignored by Git.

touch .gitignore
# Add entries for files and directories to ignore (e.g., node_modules, .env)

Create a .env file to store environment variables. Install dotenv package to load environment variables from this file.

touch .env
npm install dotenv

Organize your backend code in a src folder. This folder will contain essential files for your backend logic.

mkdir src

# Create app.js, constant.js, index.js
touch src/app.js src/constant.js src/index.js

Install nodemon as a development dependency and set up a script in package.json for automatic reloading.

npm install nodemon --save-dev

Update your package.json:

"scripts": {
  "start": "node src/index.js",
  "dev": "nodemon src/index.js"
}

Install prettier as a development dependency and configure it with a .prettierrc file. Also, create a .prettierignore file to exclude files from formatting.

npm install prettier --save-dev
touch .prettierrc .prettierignore
# Configure .prettierrc according to project requirements

Congratulations! Your professional backend setup is complete. Follow these guidelines to maintain a clean and organized backend codebase.

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