sidebase

With sidebase every new project feel like a fun side-project while scaling to production.

sidebase is a modern, best-practice, batteries-included fullstack-app starter based on Nuxt 3 and TypeScript.

Quick start

1. Clone the repository

   git clone https://github.com/sidestream-tech/sidebase my-app

2. Go into the app/ directory

   cd my-app/app

3. Install the dependencies

   npm i

4. Start developing (with database, backend, API, ... running) at localhost:3000

   npm run dev

Features

The key features are:

• 🎒 Fullstack: Develop frontend and backend in a single TypeScript code base
  • Fullstack Vue 3 + Nuxt 3 RC.9,
  • Data base models, migrations and queries via TypeORM,
  • Data-validation via zod,
  • Linting via eslint,
  • Testing, Test UI, component snapshotting via vitest,
  • API tests via supertest,
  • Code coverage via c8,
  • Component stories via histoire,
  • CSS utiltities via TailwindCSS,
  • CSS components via Ant Design Vue,
  • Type checking in script and template via Volar / vue-tsc
• 🏎️ Fast to code: Database, example tests, example components and example pages are all there for you to fill out
• 🐛 Fewer bugs: Strong data-validation using zod to validate all transferred data, fully typed API-routes, strict DB models via TypeORM
• 😊 Easy to use: Designed to follow best practices and to be ready-to-go for development, without additional dev-dependencies like docker that make it hard to get started
• 🚀 Ready for launch: Github Actions CI, Dockerfile, easy switch to most popular databases are all there, out of the box (get in touch if you're missing something)

To facilitate this sidebase bootstraps a nuxt 3 project that permits developing a backend and a frontend using just Nuxt 3 with overarching TypeScript support. We want to show the world how enjoyable end-to-end typescript programming can be, displacing the myth that JS/TS-backends are no good. This starter solves a lot fo the "real-world" problems that occur after you start using Nuxt or any other framework: How to write backend tests? How to write component tests? How to calculate test coverage? How to integrate a database? How to build a docker image? ...?

If you have any problems with this project (e.g., setting it up on your PC) open an issue and we'll figure it out together with you 🎉

Commands and Further Documentation

You can also:

• npm run story for isolated component development using histoire (see ShowCase.story.vue as example)
• npm run test for testing (see ShowCase.test.ts as example)
  • npm run test -- -u to update the component snapshots
  • npm run test -- -t "test describe text" to run a specific test
  • npm run test:ui to start the vitest UI
• npm run lint for linting using eslint
• npm run build for bundling using vite

Have a look at the more detailed readme of the fullstack app to see a broader, more in-depth explanation and documentation of commands.