Useful modules

Node

• process: Get argv value
• fs: Input/Output from files
• http: HTTP requests
• path: Manipulate string paths
• crypto: randomBytes generate random numbers

Global dependencies

• npm: Node package manager
• typescript: Type system
• ts-node: Compile and execute TS with one command

Dev dependencies

• nodemon: Instant changes in the terminal
• eslint: Find problems in the JS code
• jshint: Code syntax analysis
• env-cmd: Load environment variables
• del-cli: Delete files in the project. Useful to clean the build folder before rebuilding

Standard dependencies

• validator: Validate strings (emails, urls, etc)
• chalk: Customize colors
• yargs: Extract Argument vectors
• postman-request: HTTP request
• axios: HTTP request
• express: Create web application APIs
• express-validator: validate data
• express-async-errors: allow normal throw new Error() for async functions, instead of next(new Error())
• handlebars: Dynamic webpages
• hbs: Handlebars integrated to express
• mongodb: MongoDB connection
• mongoose: MongoDB manipulation
• mongoose-update-if-current: Update a record only if it has the highest version
• bcryptjs or bcrypt: Work with passwords
• jsonwebtoken: Create authentication tokens
• multer: form-data file upload (e.g. images)
• sharp: Image handling. Crop, convert.
• @sendgrid/mail: Send emails
• socket.io: Communication via WebSockets
• ejs: Embedded JS
• mustache: Render html templates
• moment: Manipulate dates
• qs: Parse query strings
• cors: Allow in server requests from different domains
• json-server: minimal server to serve a json
• cookie-session: Handle cookies and encryption of content (not necessary for jwt content)
• body-parser: Parse body of requests into json
• bull: Handle processes in Workers
• stripe: Handle credit card payment
• react-stripe-checkout: React component for stripe
• uuid: Unique Identification
• typeorm: ORM for database manipulation

Testing dependencies

• jest: Testing framework
• supertest: Testing with Express
• ts-jest: Allow jest to use TS files
• mongodb-memory-server-core: In memory mongodb for testing

CSS frameworks

• bootstrap

Bundlers

• Webpack

• webpack

• webpack-cli
• html-webpack-plugin
• html-loader

• webpack-dev-server

• Parcel

• parcel-bundler