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

Question

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 looking to see if such an app exists so I can build ontop of best practices.

Answer 1

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

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