group express middleware into layers
Easily group express middleware into named layers.
$ npm install express-layers
var express = require'express';var layers = require'express-layers';var app = express;layersapp; // adds app.lay()appuseexpresscompress;applay'static'; // creates a layerapplay'static' expressstaticpathjoin__dirname 'public'; // adds middleware to a layerappuseexpressrouter;
// this will be executed before express.routerapplay'static' expressstaticpathjoin__dirname 'components' 'myComponent' 'public';
$ npm install$ make test
At Skookum, we organize node.js projects into components (components / feature groups / related user stories). A project might have components like: users, dashboard, marketing, errors, and admin.
In order to keep the components decoupled, each component is responsible for registering its own routes, controller actions, views, models, etc.
Using express-layers allows us to, for example, group all of the static middleware for different components into the same layer. Otherwise, routes for one component might intercept public files for another, since components are loaded one after another.