From e60c8a335c57da1770cf16e8429cb469d73e0702 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Roy Dumblauskas <roydumblauskas@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2025 17:40:10 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] setup express boilerplate

---
 backend/.gitignore        |  1 +
 backend/drizzle.config.ts | 12 ++++++++++++
 backend/package.json      |  2 +-
 backend/src/index.ts      | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++++
 4 files changed, 36 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
 create mode 100644 backend/drizzle.config.ts

diff --git a/backend/.gitignore b/backend/.gitignore
index c2658d7..713d500 100644
--- a/backend/.gitignore
+++ b/backend/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 node_modules/
+.env
diff --git a/backend/drizzle.config.ts b/backend/drizzle.config.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6402161
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/drizzle.config.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+import 'dotenv/config';
+import { defineConfig } from 'drizzle-kit';
+
+export default defineConfig({
+  out: './drizzle',
+  schema: './src/db/schema.ts',
+  dialect: 'postgresql',
+  dbCredentials: {
+    url: process.env.DATABASE_URL!,
+  },
+});
+
diff --git a/backend/package.json b/backend/package.json
index 2e47fec..e79b844 100644
--- a/backend/package.json
+++ b/backend/package.json
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   "description": "rdumb-blog backend with expressts and drizzle orm",
   "main": "src/index.ts",
   "scripts": {
-    "test": "exit 0"
+    "start": "npx tsx --env-file=.env --watch  src/index.ts"
   },
   "author": "Roy Dumblauskas",
   "license": "ISC",
diff --git a/backend/src/index.ts b/backend/src/index.ts
index e69de29..e365049 100644
--- a/backend/src/index.ts
+++ b/backend/src/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+import 'dotenv/config';
+import { drizzle } from 'drizzle-orm/node-postgres';
+import express, { Request, Response } from "express";
+
+// Create a connection to the database
+const db = drizzle(process.env.DATABASE_URL!);
+
+// Create a new express application instance
+const app = express();
+
+// Set the network port
+const port = process.env.PORT || 3000;
+
+// Define the root path with a greeting message
+app.get("/", (req: Request, res: Response) => {
+  res.json({ message: "Welcome to the Express + TypeScript Server!" });
+});
+
+// Start the Express server
+app.listen(port, () => {
+  console.log(`The server is running at http://localhost:${port}`);
+});