Full-Stack JavaScript Architecture

Opinionated project architecture for Full-Stack JavaScript Applications.

About

Using JavaScript for full-stack has always been a challenge especially with architecting various pieces of the application, choosing technologies and managing devOps. This project provides a base for typical project consisting a Landing Website, Web and Mobile Applications, API service and easy deployment of these services. This project uses a microservice architecture where all individual project runs as a service (container).

A typical product (SaaS, etc.) usually consists of following services:

Landing page
- Used for introducing your business to customers
- Provide links to download the mobile application
- Provide link to access web application
- Contact page
- Privacy policy page
- Terms of use page
- SEO friendly (should support server side rendering)
Web Application
- Your actual application for your customers to use
- Desktop browser
- Tablet and mobile browser via responsive design
Mobile Application
- Your actual application for your customers to use
- Android (Mobile/Tablet)
- iOS (Mobile/Tablet)

Core Structure

fsja
  ├── backend
  │   ├── api
  │   │   > NodeJS
  │   │   > PORT 8000
  │   │   > api.example.com
  │   │
  │   ├── database
  │   │   > MongoDB
  │   │   > PORT 27017
  │   │
  │   └── proxy
  │       > NGINX
  │
  ├── deployment
  │   > Docker Compose
  │
  ├── frontend
  │   ├── app
  │   │   ├── mobile
  │   │   │   > React Native
  │   │   │   > iOS (Apple App Store)
  │   │   │   > Android (Google Play Store)
  │   │   │
  │   │   └── web
  │   │       > React
  │   │       > Single page application
  │   │       > PORT 5000
  │   │       > app.example.com
  │   │
  │   └── landing
  │       > React
  │       > Server side rendered
  │       > PORT 3000
  │       > example.com
  │
  └── README.md (you are here)

Stack

Backend

API
- Technologies
  - NodeJS
  - Express
Database
- Technologies
  - MongoDB
Proxy
- Technologies
  - NGINX

Frontend

Landing
- Technologies
  - NodeJS
  - Express
  - React
  - React Router
  - Server Side Rendering
  - Material UI
Web
- Technologies
  - React
  - Redux
  - React Router
  - Material UI
Mobile (iOS, Android)
- Technologies
  - React Native
  - Redux
  - React Navigation

Deployment

Technologies
- Docker
- Docker compose

Setup and Running

Prerequisites
- Node (v10.x)
- MongoDB (v4.x)
- Xcode (for iOS) (latest)
- Android Studio (for Android) (latest)
- Follow React Native Guide to setup your local machine
Clone repo git clone git@github.com:atulmy/fullstack-javascript-architecture.git fullstack
API
- Info
  - Authentication strategy: JWT (JSON Web Token)
  - Uses RPC (Remote Procedure Call) for API endpoints (one endpoint URL, multiple operations)
  - Resources
    - Lightweight RPC API pattern
- Switch to api directory cd backend/api
- Configuration
  - Create local environment file cp .env.dev.example .env
  - Modify .env for
    - PORT (8000)
    - NODE_ENV (development | production)
    - SECURITY_SECRET (Use passwordsgenerator)
    - SECURITY_SALT_ROUNDS (10)
    - MONGO_URL (mongodb://localhost:27017/example)
    - LANDING_URL (http://localhost:3000)
    - WEB_URL (http://localhost:5000)
    - API_URL (http://localhost:8000)
    - EMAIL_ON (0 | 1 (in development, you can toggle to send emails or not))
    - EMAIL_TEST (send test emails to this address)
    - EMAIL_HOST, EMAIL_USER, EMAIL_PASSWORD (use any email servive, eg. mailgun.com and get info to start sending emails
- Setup
  - Install packages and seed database npm run setup
- Run
  - Start API server: npm start (http://localhost:8000)
Landing
- Switch to landing directory cd frontend/landing
- Configuration
  - Create local environment file cp .env.dev.example .env
  - Modify .env for
    - PORT (3000)
    - NODE_ENV (development | production)
    - LANDING_URL1 (http://localhost:3000`)
    - WEB_URL (http://localhost:5000)
    - API_URL (http://localhost:8000)
    - CONTACT_PHONE, CONTACT_EMAIL, CONTACT_ADDRESS (your contact information)
    - GA_TRACKING_ID (Google analytics tracking ID)
- Setup
  - Install dependencies: npm install
- Run
  - Start Landing server: npm start, browse at http://localhost:3000
- Resources
  - Use getterms.io to generate Privacy Policy / Terms of Use
  - Favicon generator realfavicongenerator
Web
- Switch to web directory cd frontend/app/web
- Configuration
  - Create local environment file cp .env.dev.example .env
  - Modify .env for
    - PORT (5000)
    - REACT_APP_LANDING_URL (http://localhost:3000)
    - REACT_APP_WEB_URL (http://localhost:5000)
    - REACT_APP_API_URL (http://localhost:8000)
- Setup
  - Install dependencies: npm install
- Run
  - Start Web server: npm start, browse at http://localhost:5000
Deployment
- Deploy code
  1. Login to the server (SSH)
  2. Switch to deployment directory cd deployment
  3. Pull latest code git pull
  4. Build containers docker-compose up --build -d
    - up = Builds, (re)creates, starts, and attaches to containers for a service.
    - --build = Build images before starting containers
    - -d = Detached mode: Run containers in the background, print new container names
- Resources - Set Up Free SSL Certificates from Let's Encrypt using Docker and Nginx
Mobile
- Switch to mobile directory cd frontend/app/mobile
- Configuration
  - Create local environment file cp .env.dev.example .env
  - Modify .env for
    - APP_ID (com.example (your app bundle ID))
    - APP_VERSION (0.0.1 (increment this for each publish on App or Play Store))
    - APP_BUILD (1 (increment this for each publish on App or Play Store))
    - APP_ENV (development | production)
    - LANDING_URL (http://<your local network IP>:3000)
    - WEB_URL (http://<your local network IP>:5000)
    - API_URL (http://<your local network IP>:8000)
    - Tip: use ifconfig on macOS or Linux to get your local IP address
- Setup
  - Install dependencies: npm install
- Run
  - iOS ENVFILE=.env react-native run-ios --simulator='iPhone 8'
  - Android ENVFILE=.env react-native run-android (connect your Android phone via USB or use already created simulator with name Mobile_-_5 by running cd ~/Library/Android/sdk/tools && ./emulator -avd Mobile_-_5)
- Publish
  - Android
    - Build: . ./.env.production && cd android && ./gradlew assembleRelease && cd ...
    - Upload frontend/app/mobile/android/app/build/outputs/apk/release/app-release.apk to Play Store.
  - iOS
    - Build: Open frontend/app/mobile/ios/example.xcodeproj in Xcode -> Choose Generic iOS Device (top left) -> Product (top menu) -> Archive.
    - Upload using Archiver (will open automatically once Arhive is complete)
- Resources
  - From react-native init to app stores real quick
  - iOS App icon and splashscreen generator appicon
  - Icon generator makeappicon
  - Icons and splashscreen generator imagegorilla

Screenshots

View all screenshots here.

Landing

Web

Mobile

Authors

Atul Yadav - GitHub · Twitter
[YOUR NAME HERE] - Feel free to contribute to the codebase by resolving any open issues, refactoring, adding new features, writing test cases or any other way to make the project better and helpful to the community. Feel free to fork and send pull requests.

Hire me

Looking for a developer to build your next idea or need a developer to work remotely? Get in touch: atul.12788@gmail.com

License

The MIT License (http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php)

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