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Bootstrapping in the context of software development refers to the process of initializing and preparing a system or application for execution. It involves setting up the necessary components, configurations, and resources to ensure that the system is in a ready state to start processing requests or tasks.

Bootstrapping in Fort.js is straightforward. The minimum requirement involves defining your controller routes and providing them to Fort.js.

import { Fort } from "fortjs";
import { UserController } from "./controllers";

// add routes
Fort.routes = [{
    controller: UserController,
    path: "/user"
}]

// initiate app
Fort.create().then(()=>{
    Fort.logger.info("App is started");
})

Configuring App​

FortJs provides different configurations like - port, folders, appName etc.

import { Fort } from "fortjs";
import { UserController } from "./controllers";

Fort.appName = "MyAwesomeApp";
Fort.port = 8080
Fort.routes = [{
    controller: UserController,
    path: "/user"
}]
Fort.create();

Configuration options​

  • appName - name of application - default is fort. Visible in header and cookie. Change name if you dont want any one to know the framework name.
  • port - Port at which app will listen, default - 4000
  • logger - Supply your custom logger.
  • viewPath - Views folder location. By default it is - views.
  • folders - folders which should be visible to requests. By default nothing is allowed.
  • eTag - eTag Settings
  • walls - List of walls
  • customErrorHandler - A custom error handler class which will be used when framework detects error.
  • shouldParseBody - Whether to parse http body data in post request or not. It is boolean value and default value is true.
  • shouldParseCookie - Whether to parse cookie or not. It is boolean value and default value is true.