Manage your node projects from user interface

RATIONALE

• Having trouble in creating and managing multiple Node.Js projects during local development? Prefer using user interfaces over CLIs for larger project management?
• Nopalm 🔥 is a one stop graphical solution to create and manage your local Node.Js projects end to end.
• With nopalm you can create/scaffold any kind of new project using various pre-defined choices, manage existing node project and its package dependencies efficiently.
• Why the name? Node Project Manager sounded very close to Nopalm (also sounding similar to Napalm). Hence the name (and the branding)!
• This project is heavily inspired from Vue-UI and NPM-GUI and "tries" to improve on these projects.
• Desired Future? Premium cloud and gen-AI features.

This project was bootstrapped with Create React App

USAGE

• Install the npm package globally and run the local server inside any node project directory / empty directory

   npm i -g nopalm
   cd /path/to/target_dir && nopalm

• Alternatively, use npx to save the trouble of installing as well. In an empty or node project directory, run

  npx nopalm

• Visit http://localhost:8001 to start managing your node project like a pro

To run / develop locally

Pre installed requirements

• node > 10
• npm or yarn

Steps

• Clone the repository
• Install packages in client and server

  npm i
  
  cd client/
  npm i

To run the development version

• Run the react client

  cd client
  npm run dev'

• Run the server in an existing node project directly without a script

  cd /path/to/target_node_project
  nodemon /path/to/nopalm

• Alternatively, alias the nopalm server and run

  echo 'alias lnopalm="node /path/to/nopalm_project"' >> ~/.zshrc
  cd /path/to/target_node_project && lnopalm

• Visit https://localhost:3000 To run the production version
• Build the UI and run the server alone

  cd client/
  
  <!-- Build the React client -->
  npm run build
  
  <!-- cd to target node project -->
  cd /path/to/target_node_project
  
  nodemon /path/to/nopalm

• Visit https://localhost:8001
• Follow the same steps for testing in empty directory

Testing APIs

Once you run the node server you might find this interesting to test it using Postman

Contributing Guidelines