README.md

react-chicago-trello-app

This repository is a demo application that was built for a code walkthrough / working session for a React Chicago meetup event. It is a Trello clone, utilizing the react-trello package as a way to bootstrap the UI with static data, that we then wired up to the backend.

Tech Stack:

• NestJS (node framework)
• React
• GraphQL (with Apollo Client and NestJS' Apollo Server module)
• mySQL database
• redis (for PubSub of real-time updates)
• websockets (using GraphQL subscriptions with NestJS)
• react-trello (trello-like component)

Watch the recording of the presentation for an explanation of how things are set up, and a walkthrough of wiring up Apollo Client on the frontend:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SqnxEEL-B2g

If you want to start from the same point as I did in the video, start from the starting-point branch.

Prerequisites

• MySQL
• Redis
• Node >= 18.x

Setup

Create the database react_chicago_trello_app in mysql

sudo mysqladmin create react_chicago_trello_app

Setup your .env:

cp api/.env.dist api/.env

Modify the database creds in api/.env for your user/pass.

Install deps:

cd api && yarn install && cd ../
cd client && yarn install && cd ../

Run Migrations

cd api
yarn migrate

Start API server

cd api
yarn start:dev

Start frontend

cd client
yarn start