rhadu / turborepo-next-express-shadcnui-starter

Turborepo boilerplate project designed to kickstart web development using a powerful stack consisting of Next.js, Express, and ShadcnUI.

Turborepo Next Express ShadcnUI starter

This is a starter template for Turborepo with nextjs, express and shadcnui.

Using this example

Run the following command:

git clone https://github.com/htcni/turborepo-next-express-shadcnui-starter.git

What's inside?

This Turborepo includes the following packages/apps:

Apps and Packages

• admin: a Next.js app
• web: another Next.js app
• api: a Express.js app
• ui: a shadcn/ui components shared by both web and admin applications
• eslint-config-custom: eslint configurations (includes eslint-config-next and eslint-config-prettier)
• tsconfig: tsconfig.jsons used throughout the monorepo

Each package/app is 100% TypeScript.

Adding shadcn component

Run the following command:

npm run ui:add accordion --workspace=ui

Utilities

This Turborepo has some additional tools already setup for you:

• TypeScript for static type checking
• ESLint for code linting
• Prettier for code formatting

Build

To build all apps and packages, run the following command:

cd turborepo-next-express-shadcnui-starter
npm run build

Develop

To develop all apps and packages, run the following command:

cd turborepo-next-express-shadcnui-starter
npm run dev

Remote Caching

Turborepo can use a technique known as Remote Caching to share cache artifacts across machines, enabling you to share build caches with your team and CI/CD pipelines.

By default, Turborepo will cache locally. To enable Remote Caching you will need an account with Vercel. If you don't have an account you can create one, then enter the following commands:

cd turborepo-next-express-shadcnui-starter
npx turbo login

This will authenticate the Turborepo CLI with your Vercel account.

Next, you can link your Turborepo to your Remote Cache by running the following command from the root of your Turborepo:

npx turbo link

Useful Links

Learn more about the power of Turborepo:

• Tasks
• Caching
• Remote Caching
• Filtering
• Configuration Options
• CLI Usage