Saul Maddox, a software engineer for PROS, joins me in this episode of CodeWinds to discuss his Hapi-Ninja boilerplate which helps developers get up and running with the Hapi Node.js web framework.
We discuss in detail the stack he has chosen and the reasons for selecting each:
- Hapijs Node.js web framework
- Swig templates
- Gulp javascript streaming task runner
- Plugins he has included for assets and routes
Saul explains the file structure of Hapi-Ninja mentioning how to configure and get up and running with Hapi quickly and easily.
Episode Info
- Episode: CW 005
- Published: April 6th, 2014
- Tags: js, nodejs,web,framework,boilerplate
- Duration: 34:17
Episode Notes
Episode timeline
- 02:06 - Introduction to the Hapi-Ninja boilerplate
- 05:44 - Details of Hapi-Ninja stack
- 06:00 - Hapi Node.js web framework
- 08:34 - Swig javascript templates
- 11:17 - Gulp Node.js streaming task runner
- 13:52 - Getting started with Hapi-Ninja boilerplate
- 14:44 - Using a watcher like node-supervisor to auto reload
- 15:47 - Hapi-Ninja file structure
- 18:38 - Configuration
- 18:55 - Hapi-Assets plugin for minimizing and concatenating assets
- 21:42 - Hapi-Named-Routes plugin
- 23:31 - Hapi-Cache Buster plugin for easier browser reloading in development
- 25:26 - Easy switching from full frontend app (PhoneGap) to a frontend and server using same folder structure
- 27:02 - Hapi-Ninja code is commented heavily to help new users learn
- 27:41 - Upgrading from Hapi 2.x to 3.x
- 28:37 - Contributing
- 30:08 - Other projects
- 30:25 - Ever Stain project - legacy website for being remembered
- 32:16 - Following Saul
Getting started with Hapi-Ninja
- Install Nodejs
- Clone repo from GitHub
- Change working directory into the new path
- Install dependencies from npm
# after installing Node.js
git clone https://github.com/poeticninja/hapi-ninja.git
cd hapi-ninja
npm install
Links from Show
- Hapi-Ninja boilerplate GitHub Repo
- Hapijs Node.js web framework
- Swig templates
- Gulp javascript streaming task runner
- Hapi-Named-Routes plugin for using named routes
- Hapi-Assets plugin for automatically minimizing and concatenating assets
- Hapi-Cache-Buster plugin which helps with serving fresh content in development
- Ever Stain legacy website coming soon by Saul Maddox. How will you be remembered?
