🚀 MERN DevBoost - VS Code Extension

MERN DevBoost is a developer productivity VS Code extension that scaffolds a complete MERN (MongoDB, Express, React, Node.js) project structure — backend and frontend — in one command.

Save hours of setup time and jump straight into coding!

✨ Features

• 📁 Auto-generates full backend folder structure with essential boilerplate files
• ⚙️ Creates production-ready server.js + Express + MongoDB setup
• ⚛️ Generates a frontend React + Vite structure using create-vite
• 🌐 Includes working routing (react-router-dom) and example pages
• 🧾 Automatically creates .env files for backend & frontend
• 🛠️ No Tailwind or styling tools included — user can install their own
• ↺ Safe for re-runs — only missing folders/files are created

📁 Folder Structure Generated

📆 project-root/
├── backend/
│   ├── config/
│   ├── controllers/
│   ├── db/
│   ├── middleware/
│   ├── models/
│   ├── routes/
│   ├── services/
│   ├── utils/
│   ├── app.js
│   ├── server.js
│   └── .env
│
└── frontend/
    ├── public/
    ├── src/
    │   ├── App.jsx
    │   ├── main.jsx
    │   ├── index.css
    │   ├── components/
    │   ├── pages/
    │   └── services/
    └── .env

⚙️ Installation

🔗 From VS Code Marketplace (Recommended)

1. Open Extensions tab in VS Code
2. Search: MERN DevBoost
3. Click Install

📦 From VSIX File (Offline)

1. Download .vsix from GitHub Releases
2. In VS Code: Extensions Panel → ... → Install from VSIX

🚀 How to Use

1. Open any empty folder in VS Code

2. Run the command:

   • Press Ctrl + Shift + P (Windows/Linux)
   • Press Cmd + Shift + P (macOS)

3. Search for: MERN: Generate MERN Folder Structure

4. Hit Enter

5. 🎉 Done! Full project structure will be scaffolded automatically

🧾 Notes

• Frontend uses Vite + React
• Tailwind or styling tools are not pre-installed — you can add them later
• .env file is generated both in backend and frontend with placeholder values
• You can run the command multiple times — it won't override existing files

🛠 Future Plans

• 🧠 Mongoose schema generator with prompts
• 📄 README.md generator inside scaffold
• 🧪 Built-in REST API test runner

🎮 Demo (Coming Soon)

Want to contribute a GIF or walkthrough? Submit a PR or open an issue!

👨‍💻 Contributing

1. Fork this repository
2. Create a branch: git checkout -b feature/YourFeature
3. Commit your changes
4. Push and open a Pull Request ✅

🙌 Author & Credits

Created by @habibcodes 💻 Star it ⭐️ on GitHub: mern-devboost

📩 Feedback / Support

Open an issue at 👉 https://github.com/Farhan043/mern-devboost/issues

📘 License

Licensed under the MIT License