diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index b20ae12..8ce0d94 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -7,45 +7,34 @@ usage. The purpose of this Starter Kit is to show simplicity, basic concepts, give structure and architecture examples. All parts of this implementation are optimized for readability and understanding, but not for performance and scalability. + So it is good for development and education. However, for production deployment, -you may need the [Metarhia Example App](https://github.com/metarhia/Example) -(it will be released in the middle of July 2020). After your application is -ready, you can easily run it in the -[Metaserverless cloud](https://github.com/Metaserverless), an open source cloud -platform based on [Metarhia technology stack](https://github.com/metarhia) and -[Node.js](https://nodejs.org/en/). +you may need the [Metarhia Example App](https://github.com/metarhia/Example) an +open-source application server on the top of [Node.js](https://nodejs.org/en/). ## Feature list -- Serve API with auto-routing, HTTP(S), WS(S) -- Server code live reload with file system watch -- Graceful shutdown and application reload +- Pure node.js and framework-agnostic approach - Minimum code size and dependencies +- Layered architecture: core, domain, API, client +- Protocol-agnostic API with auto-routing, HTTP(S), WS(S) +- Graceful shutdown - Code sandboxing for security, dependency injection and context isolation -- Multi-threading for CPU utilization and isolation -- Serve multiple ports in threads +- Serve multiple ports - Serve static files with memory cache - Application configuration -- Simple logger and redirection from a console +- Simple logger - Database access layer (Postgresql) -- Persistent sessions (stored in DB) +- Persistent sessions - Unit-tests and API tests example - Request queue with timeout and size - Execution timeout and error handling -- Layered architecture: core, domain, API, client - -## Features to be implemented in the next release - -- Load balancing for scaling -- Prototype pollution prevention -- Multiple IDEs support -- Better testing ## Requirements -- Node.js v12.9.0 or later (v14 preferred) -- Linux (tested on Fedora 30, Ubuntu 16, 18, 19 and 20, CentOS 7 and 8) -- Postgresql 9.5 or later (v11.8 preferred) +- Node.js v16 or later +- Linux (tested on Fedora, Ubuntu, and CentOS) +- Postgresql 9.5 or later (v12 preferred) - OpenSSL v1.1.1 or later - [certbot](https://github.com/certbot/certbot) (recommended but optional) @@ -53,7 +42,7 @@ platform based on [Metarhia technology stack](https://github.com/metarhia) and 1. Fork and clone this repository (optionally subscribe to repo changes) 2. Remove unneeded dependencies if your project doesn't require them -3. Run `npm install` to install dependencies and generate certificate +3. Run `npm ci --production` to install dependencies and generate certificate 4. Add your license to `LICENSE` file but don't remove starter kit license 5. Start your project by modifying this starter kit 6. Run project with `node server.js` and stop with Ctrl+C @@ -65,5 +54,5 @@ Ask questions at https://t.me/nodeua and post issues on ## License -Copyright (c) 2020 How.Programming.Works contributors. +Copyright (c) 2020-2022 How.Programming.Works contributors. This starter kit is [MIT licensed](./LICENSE).