theanujdev / code-playground-backend

Code Playground Backend server built with typescript, express, socket.io and mongoose(mongoDB).

Code Playground (Backend)

Overview

This project provides a real-time cloud-based code sync and editing and website developing platform where you can create any code file. It will provide linting in editor and a basic terminal. Edit HTML, CSS and JS and preview your website in built-in web-renderer.

Tech Stack

Client: React, Typescript, Monoco-editor, Socket.io-client, Xtermjs, React reflex

Server: Node, Express, Typescript, Mongoose, Cookie-parser, Socketio

Features

• Multiple resizable windows
• Featured code editor
• Create, update, delete files
• Realtime cloud sync of code
• Preview webpage
• Built-in terminal with syntax-highlighting
• Flexible and auto resizable components and clean user interface

Run Locally

• Clone the project

git clone https://github.com/theanujdev/code-playground-backend

• Go to the project directory

cd code-playground-backend

• Install dependencies

npm install

• Create a new file .env. Copy all the content from .env.example and paste it into .env. Change the following environment variables in your .env file

  DB_URL, APP_PORT, COOKIE_SECRET, WEB_URL

• Start the server

npm run dev

Note: Make sure to run MongoDB server in the background.

You need to run Code Playground Frontend to use it.

Optimizations

Code is refactored and project structure is optimized for scalability. Routes, controllers, models, middlewares are all separated. Few utility classes and functions like debounce have also been used.

Screenshots

Feedback

If you have any feedback, please reach out at @theanujdev

Authors

• @theanujdev

License

MIT