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Platform:

Fastly Compute

Language:

JavaScript

Repo:

https://github.com/fastly/compute-starter-kit-javascript-expressly

Use this starter

Using the Fastly CLI, create a new project using this starter somewhere on your computer:

$ fastly compute init --from=https://github.com/fastly/compute-starter-kit-javascript-expressly

Or click the button below to create a GitHub repository, provision a Fastly service, and set up continuous deployment:

Understanding the code

This starter is intentionally lightweight, and only requires the @fastly/js-compute and @fastly/expressly npm packages.

The starter doesn't require the use of any backends. Once deployed, you will have a Fastly service running on Compute that can generate synthetic responses at the edge.

Running the application

To create an application using this starter kit, create a new directory for your application and switch to it, and then type the following command:

npm create @fastly/compute@latest -- --language=javascript --starter-kit=expressly

To build and run your new application in the local development environment, type the following command:

npm run start

To build and deploy your application to your Fastly account, type the following command. The first time you deploy the application, you will be prompted to create a new service in your account.

npm run deploy

Next steps

Starters are a good way to bootstrap a project. For more specific use cases, and answers to common problems, try our library of code examples.