🚀 Fullstack Blog Project

This project is a fullstack blog application built with a modern and powerful technology stack using TypeScript. It is organized as a monorepo using Turborepo, with separate frontend and backend applications.

🛠️ Technology Stack

• 🧑‍💻 Frontend: Next.js with ShadCN UI for a sleek and responsive user interface.
• ⚙️ Backend: NestJS framework providing REST API and GraphQL endpoints.
• 📝 Language: TypeScript for both frontend and backend development.
• 🗄️ Database: Prisma ORM managing SQLite for local development and PostgreSQL for production.
• 🔐 Authentication: Google OAuth for secure user authentication and authorization.
• 📦 Monorepo: Managed with Turborepo for efficient builds and development.
• ☁️ Cloud: AWS for deployment and hosting.

✨ Features

• User authentication and authorization via Google OAuth.
• CRUD operations for blog posts and comments.
• Support for both REST API and GraphQL API.
• Responsive UI built with ShadCN UI components.
• Database schema managed with Prisma ORM.
• Supports SQLite for local development and PostgreSQL for production.
• Efficient monorepo structure with Turborepo.

⚙️ Getting Started

📋 Prerequisites

• Node.js (v16 or higher)
• npm or yarn
• Docker (optional, for PostgreSQL)
• AWS account (for deployment)

📦 Installation

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone git@github.com:chaad98/blog.git
   cd blog

2. Install dependencies:

   npm install

3. Set up environment variables:

   Create .env files in apps/frontend and apps/backend with necessary variables such as:

   • DATABASE_URL for PostgreSQL connection
   • Google OAuth client ID and secret
   • AWS credentials

4. Run database migrations:

   npx prisma migrate dev --schema=apps/backend/prisma/schema.prisma

5. Seed the database (optional):

   npm run db:seed --workspace=apps/backend

🧪 Running the Development Server

• Start the backend server:

  npm run dev --workspace=apps/backend

• Start the frontend server:

  npm run dev --workspace=apps/frontend

☁️ Deployment

The project is configured to deploy on AWS. Refer to the deployment documentation for detailed instructions.

📁 Project Structure

• apps/frontend: Next.js frontend application
• apps/backend: NestJS backend application with Prisma ORM
• apps/backend/prisma: Prisma schema and migrations
• apps/backend/src: Backend source code
• apps/frontend/src: Frontend source code