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Create a Controller

Following the MVC design pattern, Winter was built to assist developers in organizing their projects. As a result, there is no need to create routes instead, a controller class will handle this logic.

Create your first controller​

Create a file at src/GreetingsController.ts:

src/GreetingsController.ts

@RestController('/greetings')
class GreetingsController {

  @GetMapping()
  hello(w: Context) {
    return w.text('Hello, is so Cold!!❄️❄️')
  }
}

Register a new controller at src/main.ts:


Winter.create()
  .setName('WinterFramework') // Project Name
  .setEnv('dev') // dev = 1337 | prod = 8080
  // .setPort(3000) // Custom Port,
  .addController(GreetingsController) // ADD GreetingsController here
  .addMiddleware((app) => {
    // Middlewares
    app.use('*', async (ctx, next) => {
      console.log(`${ctx.req.method} ${ctx.req.url}`)
      await next()
    })
  })
  .start()

A new route is now available at - /greetings → localhost:1337/greetings.