Fullstack Boilerplate with tRPC, Express and React.
Trpc Express React
Boilerplate for a Fullstack App with authentication
Project
Main Stack
- Trpc trpc.io - End-to-end typesafe APIs made easy
- Express expressjs.com - Fast, unopinionated, minimalist web framework for Node.js
- React reactjs.org - A JavaScript library for building user interfaces
Demo
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Preview
Other Libraries
- Bcrypt - A JavaScript library for hashing passwords
- Drizzle - A TypeScript-first ORM for Node.js
- JWT - JSON Web Tokens for authentication
- NPM Workspace Workspaces for managing multiple packages in a single repository
- Phosphor Icons - A flexible icon family for interfaces, diagrams, presentations — whatever, really
- Playwright - Test your web apps headlessly with a single API
- Postgres - The world’s most advanced open source database
- Tailwind CSS - A utility-first CSS framework for rapid UI development
- TypeScript - TypeScript is a typed superset of JavaScript
- Vite - Next generation frontend tooling. It’s fast!
- ZOD - TypeScript-first schema validation with static type inference
Features
- HttpOnly cookies for Authentication (Signup, login, and logout)
- Beers from random-data-api.com Example of pulling data from externals REST API
- React context is used to store the user’s details when logged in
- Health Check for the server (http://localhost:2022/health)
- Search with Debounce Using a Custom Hook
Installation
- Update the server
.envfile and the client.envfile with your credentials - Update the
.gitignorefile by uncommenting# .envto ensure your credentials remain private and are not exposed. - Make sure Postgres is running and create a new database called
ter
psql -U user // replace user by your postgres user
CREATE DATABASE ter;
- Run in the terminal In the root directory:
// Install the dependencies
npm i
// Setup the database
npm run push
// Seed the database
npm run seed
// Run the app (it will run the client and the server automatically)
npm run dev
Building for production
npm run build
npm run start
Printscreens
Health Check for the server (http://localhost:2022/health)
Motivation
Focusing on developer experience: simple, efficient, and fast. This modern stack uses top-tier libraries to build a full-stack web application. Unlike the T3 app (https://create.t3.gg), we opted not to use Next.js, allowing the frontend to remain as static files, easily stored in cloud object storage like AWS S3. Consequently, this stack is designed for building web apps rather than traditional websites, as it is not SEO-friendly.
End-to-end typesafe with Trpc
Video from https://trpc.io
E2E Testing
The tests must be run while the app is running.
Running the tests in the Terminal
npm run test:e2e
Other recommendations
- Need a component library? Check out Chakra UI
- If your stack is getting more and more shared workspaces, consider using pnpm instead of npm
Who is using TER?
- Nachonacho.com - The world’s largest marketplace for Software & Services
Create a PR if you want to add your project here.
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