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 7th, 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?

Following Saul Maddox

• Saul Maddox GitHub


• Saul Maddox Twitter