create-butterfly-app-v2 2.1.1 → 2.1.3

package/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "create-butterfly-app-v2",
-  "version": "2.1.1",
+  "version": "2.1.3",
   "description": "Full-stack boilerplate: Node.js + React + Tailwind + MySQL. Choose from Hotel, Parking, or Student Management projects with auth + full CRUD.",
   "bin": {
     "create-butterfly-app-v2": "cli.js"

package/templates/base/backend/config/db.js

@@ -1,13 +1,25 @@
 const mysql = require("mysql2/promise");
 
-const pool = mysql.createPool({
+const DB_NAME = process.env.DB_NAME || "__PROJECT_NAME__";
+const config = {
   host: process.env.DB_HOST || "localhost",
   user: process.env.DB_USER || "root",
   password: process.env.DB_PASSWORD || "",
-  database: process.env.DB_NAME || "__PROJECT_NAME__",
-  port: process.env.DB_PORT || 3306,
+  port: parseInt(process.env.DB_PORT) || 3306,
+};
+
+async function ensureDatabase() {
+  const conn = await mysql.createConnection(config);
+  await conn.query(`CREATE DATABASE IF NOT EXISTS \`${DB_NAME}\` CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_ci`);
+  await conn.end();
+}
+
+const pool = mysql.createPool({
+  ...config,
+  database: DB_NAME,
   waitForConnections: true,
   connectionLimit: 10,
 });
 
 module.exports = pool;
+module.exports.ensureDatabase = ensureDatabase;

package/templates/base/backend/server.js

@@ -18,12 +18,20 @@ app.use("/api", require("./routes/api"));
 
 async function start() {
   try {
+    console.log("  Connecting to MySQL...");
+    await db.ensureDatabase();
     await db.query("SELECT 1");
-    console.log("MySQL connected");
+    console.log("  ✓ MySQL connected");
     await require("./db/init")();
-    app.listen(PORT, () => console.log(`Backend on http://localhost:${PORT}`));
+    app.listen(PORT, () => console.log(`  ✓ Backend running on http://localhost:${PORT}\n`));
   } catch (err) {
-    console.error("Startup failed:", err.message);
+    console.error("\n  ✗ Startup failed:");
+    console.error("    " + (err.code || "Error") + ": " + (err.sqlMessage || err.message));
+    console.error("\n  Possible fixes:");
+    console.error("  1. Start XAMPP (click Start next to Apache & MySQL)");
+    console.error("  2. If MySQL runs on a different port, update .env (DB_PORT)");
+    console.error("  3. If you changed MySQL password, update .env (DB_PASSWORD)");
+    console.error("\n  Press Ctrl+C to stop, fix the issue, then run 'npm run dev' again\n");
     process.exit(1);
   }
 }