@ifecodes/backend-template 1.1.6 → 1.1.8

package/bin/cli.js

@@ -371,9 +371,15 @@ if (isInMicroserviceProject || config.projectType === "microservice") {
       description: config.description || "",
       private: true,
       scripts: {
-        dev: "docker-compose up",
-        stop: "docker-compose down",
-        restart: "docker-compose restart",
+        dev:
+          mode === "docker"
+            ? "docker-compose up"
+            : "npx pm2 start pm2.config.js && npx pm2 logs",
+        stop: mode === "docker" ? "docker-compose down" : "npx pm2 kill",
+        restart:
+          mode === "docker"
+            ? "docker-compose restart"
+            : "npx pm2 restart all && npx pm2 logs",
         lint: 'eslint "services/**/*.{js,ts,tsx}" "shared/**/*.{js,ts,tsx}"',
         format:
           'prettier --write "services/**/*.{js,ts,json}" "shared/**/*.{js,ts,json}"',
@@ -390,6 +396,16 @@ if (isInMicroserviceProject || config.projectType === "microservice") {
         "eslint-config-prettier": "^10.1.8",
       },
     };
+
+    // Add runtime dependencies for non-Docker (PM2) mode
+    if (mode !== "docker") {
+      rootPackageJson.dependencies = {
+        dotenv: "^17.2.3",
+        pm2: "^6.0.14",
+        "ts-node": "^10.9.2",
+        "tsconfig-paths": "^4.2.0",
+      };
+    }
     fs.writeFileSync(
       rootPackageJsonPath,
       JSON.stringify(rootPackageJson, null, 2) + "\n",
@@ -770,11 +786,7 @@ if (isInMicroserviceProject) {
   );
   console.log(`\n${pc.cyan("📦 All services:")} ${allServices.join(", ")}`);
   console.log(`\n${pc.blue("💡 Next steps:")}`);
-  console.log(
-    mode === "docker"
-      ? `   ${pc.dim("1.")} Start services: ${pc.bold("npm run dev")}`
-      : `   ${pc.dim("1.")} Start services: ${pc.bold("pm2 start pm2.config.js")}`,
-  );
+  console.log( `   ${pc.dim("1.")} Start services: ${pc.bold("npm run dev")}`);
 } else if (config.projectType === "microservice") {
   console.log(`\n${pc.green("✅ Microservice Backend created successfully!")}`);
   console.log(
@@ -782,11 +794,7 @@ if (isInMicroserviceProject) {
   );
   console.log(`\n${pc.blue("💡 Next steps:")}`);
   console.log(`   ${pc.dim("1.")} cd ${pc.bold(sanitizedName)}`);
-  console.log(
-    mode === "docker"
-      ? `   ${pc.dim("2.")} Start services: ${pc.bold("npm run dev")}`
-      : `   ${pc.dim("2.")} Start services: ${pc.bold("pm2 start pm2.config.js")}`,
-  );
+  console.log(`   ${pc.dim("2.")} Start services: ${pc.bold("npm run dev")}`);
 } else {
   console.log(`\n${pc.green("✅ Monolith Backend created successfully!")}`);
   console.log(`\n${pc.blue("💡 Next steps:")}`);

package/bin/lib/microservice-config.js

@@ -89,11 +89,18 @@ export const generatePm2Config = (target, allServices) => {
       return {
         name: serviceName,
         script: `./services/${serviceName}/src/server.ts`,
+        interpreter: "node",
+        node_args:
+          "-r ts-node/register/transpile-only -r tsconfig-paths/register",
+        watch: true,
+        ignore_watch: ["node_modules", ".git", "logs"],
+        watch_delay: 1000,
         instances: 1,
         exec_mode: "fork",
         env: {
-          PORT: port
-        }
+          PORT: port,
+          TS_NODE_PROJECT: `services/${serviceName}/tsconfig.json`,
+        },
       };
     }),
   };

package/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@ifecodes/backend-template",
-  "version": "1.1.6",
+  "version": "1.1.8",
   "description": "Production-ready Express + TypeScript/JavaScript backend generator with optional features and microservice support",
   "bin": {
     "ifecodes-template": "bin/cli.js"

package/template/gateway/ts/inject.js

@@ -10,13 +10,14 @@ export const generateGatewayRoutes = (services, mode = "docker") => {
       // Docker: use container name with internal port 4000
       // Non-docker: use localhost with mapped host port
       const host = mode === "docker" ? service : "localhost";
-      const servicePortEnv = `${servicePort}`
+      // Build a placeholder that will render as ${SERVICE_PORT} in the generated code
+      const servicePortPlaceholder = "${" + servicePort + "}";
 
       return `
 // Proxy to ${service}
 const ${servicePort} = ENV.${servicePort} || ${port}
 app.use("/api", createProxyMiddleware({
-  target: \`http://${host}:${servicePortEnv}/api\`,
+  target: \`http://${host}:${servicePortPlaceholder}/api\`,
   changeOrigin: true,
   on: {
     error: (err, req, res) => {