Looking for a reference nodejs, expressjs & mongodb app to use as template

I want to build out a nodejs app and was looking for a good reference app to use as a template. Ideally the app will have the following features

1. uses nodejs, expressjs & mongodb
2. has a user authentication subsystem

I'd like to download such an app and have it working out of the box, than i can poke into the code and start customizing it for my needs.

updated: I've looked at http://howtonode.org/express-mongodb (github repo https://github.com/creationix/howtonode.org/tree/master/articles/express-mongodb ) which is very useful but is somewhat dated. There is a preso at http://www.slideshare.net/robb1e/a-nodejs-application that talks a bit more on but no code/app/repo

I'm sure there are a lot of code patterns and other learning that folks have had with real-world apps and I'm l开发者_Python百科ooking to see if such an app exists so I can build ontop of best practices.

Here's an awesome example of an mvc app using express and mongoose:

https://github.com/cliftonc/express-mvc-bootstrap

I don't know(yet?) about full-flexed applications, but I know a couple of modules which are pretty good. They have proper documentation/samples:

Templating:

• Jade: You can use this in express. There are a lot of express/jade screencasts available(google). Even some from author TJ.

authentication:

• everyauth: He has some good documentation/examples available.

mongodb:

• Mongoose: Also has some pretty good documentation available and also a pretty good screencast on the mongodb site.

Examples

There is a large examples folder on the express github page. Start there.

Look at the NodeTuts.com videos. If you want a small CRUD example with authentication look in my repo here:

https://github.com/alessioalex/Nodetuts/tree/master/express_samples

I have a project that might be useful for some. It is currently a work in progress, but I will try to include som helpful tip along the way.

The title is "Testing setting up a RESTful JSON server with Node, Express, Passport authenticaion and mongoDB with node-mongodb-native."

And it lives here: https://github.com/frodefi/node-mongodb-json-server