Todo application with Next and Express (Typescript)

Introduction

This project demontrates a Todo application, built on Next.js, using REST API built on Express with Prisma library and PostgreSQL database.

Features

Client

• Basic UI using Material UI
• User login/register
• Create/Read/Update/Delete functionality for todos
• SSR implementation
• Light/Dark theme
• Form control via react-hook-form

Server

• Basic Express server configuration
• User API (get/login/register)
• Todo API (get/post/put/delete)
• Basic request authentication via JWT token
• Database connection and data schema built in Prisma
• Module and functional tests

Mutual

• Turbo setup for easy monorepository running and developing
• Docker images for client and server for further deployment
• Basic GitHub CI/CD Workflows with further deployment to Heroku

Quick start

This project can be run either in Node environment or as Docker images.

Running in Node environment

Running in Node environment requires running Postgre service.

Navigate into the project directory and run next commands in a command line:

# Install required dependencies
npm i

# Create environment files and fill them up according to examples
touch apps/client/.env
touch apps/server/.env
# For testing purposes
touch apps/server/.env.test

# Perform application build
npm run build

# Navigate to sever application directory and migrate database
cd apps/server
npm run prisma:migrate:dev

# Navigate to root directory and run dev environment
cd ../../
npm run dev

Running as Docker images

Running as Docker images requires running Docker service.

Navigate into the project directory and run next commands in a command line:

# Create environment files and fill them up according to examples
touch apps/client/.env
touch apps/server/.env
touch apps/server/prisma/.env

docker-compose build
docker-compose up

Application

After starting the application in Node/Docker environment it must be available at the following urls:

• Client: http://localhost:3000
• Server: http://localhost:5000

If the setup was done right, you should be able to access the application with the following credentials:

• Email: test@email.com
• Password: test