fullstack-apollo-react-express-boilerplate-project

A full-fledged Apollo Server 2 with Apollo Client 2 starter project with React, Express and PostgreSQL.

GraphQL Server Tutorial

Features

React (create-react-app) with Apollo Client 2
- Queries, Mutations, Subscriptions
Node.js with Express and Apollo Server 2
- cursor-based Pagination
PostgreSQL Database with Sequelize
- entities: users, messages
Authentication
- powered by JWT and local storage
- Sign Up, Sign In, Sign Out
Authorization
- protected endpoint (e.g. verify valid session)
- protected resolvers (e.g. e.g. session-based, role-based)
- protected routes (e.g. session-based, role-based)
performance optimizations
- example of using Facebook's dataloader
E2E testing

Installation

git clone git@github.com:rwieruch/fullstack-apollo-react-express-boilerplate-project.git
cd fullstack-apollo-react-express-boilerplate-project

Client

cd client
npm install
npm start
visit http://localhost:3000

Server

cd server
touch .env
npm install
fill out .env file (see below)
npm start
optional visit http://localhost:8000 for GraphQL playground

.env file

Since this boilerplate project is using PostgreSQL, you have to install it for your machine and get a database up and running. You find everything for the set up over here: Setup PostgreSQL with Sequelize in Express Tutorial. After you have created a database and a database user, you can fill out the environment variables in the server/.env file.

DATABASE=mydatabase
DATABASE_USER=postgres
DATABASE_PASSWORD=postgres

SECRET=asdlplplfwfwefwekwself.2342.dawasdq

The SECRET is just a random string for your authentication. Keep all these information secure by adding the .env file to your .gitignore file. No third-party should have access to this information.

Testing

adjust test-server npm script with TEST_DATABASE environment variable in package.json to match your testing database name
- to match it from package.json: createdb mytestdatabase with psql
one terminal: npm run test-server
second terminal: npm run test

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