Add option --static to generate static index.html over specifying a view template engine

[expressjs]

Add option --static to generate static index.html over specifying a view template engine

[dougwilson]

This sounds fine to me, though for a rest API, why have a html file at all :)?

[abepark01]

Good point; I was thinking express would just be used to handle the REST API, but then the index.html in the public folder could be a boiler plate for a new single page app. When I say boilerplate, just the standard Express "Welcome to Express" screen.

A lot of times, I would use the express generator and then create my own index.html in the public folder.
I would then modify the default route to serve public/index.html.

[nickmccurdy]

👍 I worked on a simple Express app where I realized that all of my views should be dynamic (updating via AJAX calls). I switched from rendering templates on the server side with Express to using the static middleware to host a static HTML client for my Express app's API using AngularJS. I really liked the setup, and I think it's a fantastic idea to add support for this kind of project to the generator (especially considering movements to microservices and more and more fancy AJAX web apps).

[ninjasort]

+1

[smithb1994]

+1

[veggiemonk]

+1
Why is it not merged yet?

[dougwilson]

So back months ago, something happened to the repo and destroyed the PRs. I asked for them to be re-opened, many were, and we have since merged in most of them. The PR (#68 (comment)) for this hasn't been re-opened for months, so please, someone go ahead and get us the PR back and we're here these days to actually merge :) No reason to really keep the issue open, though, as a PR being opened will help us track it.