bee-rich

BeeRich

Getting started

Welcome! BeeRich is a dashboard-like application that mimics both personal and enterprise use cases. BeeRich is a personal finance management application that helps you stay on top of your beekeep - pardon me - bookkeeping. Well, at least that’s the goal. There is nothing much there yet. In every chapter, we will add more code to this application.

Starting with Chapter 4, Routing in Remix, there will be a bee-rich/start and bee-rich/solution folder in each chapter folder. Usually, you want to work on your local copy of BeeRich. However, if you get stuck, you can always refer to the bee-rich/solution folder to see the final code for the chapter and fallback to the bee-rich/start folder to reset the code to the current chapter's starting point.

Each bee-rich folder contains a README.md file that contains a Getting started section (just like this one!). Additionally, there might be additional sections to help you get started with the chapter.

Bootstrapping the initial version of BeeRich

Run the following command in a terminal to bootstrap the application:

npx create-remix@2 --template PacktPublishing/Full-Stack-Web-Development-with-Remix/03-deployment-targets-adapters-and-stacks/bee-rich

This uses the BeeRich template from Chapter 3, Deployment Targets, Adapters, and Stacks. After following the instructions in the terminal, navigate to the newly created project folder and follow the Run the application instructions below

Bootstrapping later versions of BeeRich

Each chapter iterates on the previous one. If you want to check out a later version of BeeRich, you can find a start/ and solution/ version of BeeRich in each chapter folder. We recommend you to work on your local copy of BeeRich, adding the code from each chapter to your local copy. However, if you get stuck, you can always reset the code by checking out the code from the chapters start or solution folder.

To get a later version of BeeRich, you can either clone this repository or you can use create-remix to bootstrap BeeRich.

Cloning this repository

First, clone this repository:

https://github.com/PacktPublishing/Full-Stack-Web-Development-with-Remix.git

Then, open the start/ or solution/ folder that you are interested in in your editor. Then follow the instructions in the book and the README.md file of the chapter.

We recommend not opening the entire repository as this may be confusing. Instead, open the start/ or solution/ folder of the chapter you are interested in directly as a project in your editor. Next, review the Run the application instructions below.

Use create-remix to bootstrap a specific version of BeeRich

To bootstrap the BeeRich application for a specific chapter, run the following command:

npx create-remix@2 --template PacktPublishing/Full-Stack-Web-Development-with-Remix/:chapter-name/bee-rich/start

Replace :chapter-name with the name of the chapter folder name in this repository. For example, to bootstrap the BeeRich application for Chapter 4, Routing in Remix, run the following command:

npx create-remix@2 --template PacktPublishing/Full-Stack-Web-Development-with-Remix/04-routing-in-remix/bee-rich/start

You can also replace start with solution to bootstrap the BeeRich application with the final code for the chapter.

Next, review the Run the application instructions.

Run the application

To run the application, you need to install the dependencies and start the development server:

npm install
npm run dev

This will start the development server on port 3000. You can now open the application in your browser at http://localhost:3000.

Chapter 5

Once we add the database in Chapter 5, you will need to run the following commands to set up the database and running the application:

npm install
npm run build
npm run update:db
npm run dev

Also, make sure to add a .env file to the root of the project with the following content:

DATABASE_URL="file:./dev.db"

If there are issues with the database setup, you can run npm run reset:db to reset the database.

Chapter 8

Once we add authentication in Chapter 8, you need to add a session secret to the .env file:

DATABASE_URL="file:./dev.db"
SESSION_SECRET="[A secret string]"

Dependencies

Important dependencies we will work with in this book:

• clsx: A helper for constructing className strings conditionally.
• prisma: A modern database toolkit for TypeScript and Node.js.
• tailwindcss: A utility-first CSS framework.
• zod: A TypeScript-first schema declaration and validation library.

Scripts

Scripts the initial version of BeeRich comes with:

• npm run routes - prints the routes hierarchy
• npm run typecheck - runs the TypeScript compiler to check for type errors
• npm run format - runs all the formatting scripts
• npm run format:lint - runs eslint and fixes errors
• npm run clean - deletes all generated files and folders and installs dependencies
• npm run build - runs all the build scripts
• npm run build:remix - builds the Remix application
• npm run update:remix - update to the latest version of Remix
• npm run dev - runs all the dev scripts in parallel
• npm run dev:remix - runs the Remix development server
• npm run start - runs the server in production mode

Recommended VS Code settings and extensions

If you are using VS Code, we recommend installing the following extensions:

• ESLint

Formatting & linting

BeeRich is set up with Prettier and ESLint.

Run npm run format:lint from the project's root to fix all lint and format violations.

You can also install the ESLint VSCode extension to fix all lint and format violations on file save. For this, add the following settings to your workspace's user settings (./vscode/settings.json):

{
  "editor.defaultFormatter": "esbenp.prettier-vscode",
  "editor.formatOnSave": true,
  "[markdown][javascript][javascriptreact][typescript][typescriptreact]": {
    "editor.formatOnSave": false
  },
  "editor.codeActionsOnSave": {
    "source.fixAll.eslint": true
  }
}

Setting up BeeRich from scratch

Follow the instructions in Chapter 3, Deployment Targets, Adapters, and Stacks to get started with BeeRich.

If you want to set up BeeRich from scratch, you can follow the following instructions below to get to the starting point of Chapter 4, Routing in Remix. Note that this is not required to follow the book. You can always use the BeeRich template from Chapter 3, Deployment Targets, Adapters, and Stacks to bootstrap the application.

1. Use the Remix CLI to create a new Express.js Remix project

We use the create-remix CLI to create a new Remix project. Use the following command to select Remix's Express.js template and create a new project folder called bee-rich:

npx create-remix@2 --template remix-run/remix/templates/express ./bee-rich

Follow the instructions in the terminal to set up the project, initialize the git repository, and install the dependencies.

Please refer to Chapter 2, Creating a new Remix app for more information about the create-remix script. You can also refer to the REMIX_README.md file for more information about how to work with Remix and the Express.js starter template.

2. Set up Prettier and ESLint

We use Prettier and ESLint to format and lint our code.

• Install the following packages:

npm i --save-dev prettier@^2.8.8 eslint@^8.49.0 eslint-config-prettier@^8.10.0 eslint-plugin-html@^7.1.0 eslint-plugin-import@^2.28.1 eslint-plugin-jsx-a11y@^6.7.1 eslint-plugin-prettier@^4.2.1 eslint-plugin-react@^7.33.2 eslint-plugin-simple-import-sort@^10.0.0

• Create the following files in the root of your project:

  • .prettierrc.cjs
  • .eslintignore

• Copy-paste the Prettier and ESLint configurations from the .prettierrc.cjs and .eslintrc.cjs files in the root of this repository into your project.

• Copy-paste the content of the .eslintignore file into your project's .eslintignore file.

Please feel free to alter the Prettier configuration and add more ESLint packages and rules based on your own preferences.

• You can also install the ESLint VSCode extension to fix all lint and format violations on file save. For that, copy-paste the following content into the .vscode/settings.json file in the root of your project (VS Code Workspace settings):

{
  "editor.defaultFormatter": "esbenp.prettier-vscode",
  "editor.formatOnSave": true,
  "[markdown][javascript][javascriptreact][typescript][typescriptreact]": {
    "editor.formatOnSave": false
  },
  "editor.codeActionsOnSave": {
    "source.fixAll.eslint": true
  }
}

3. Set up Tailwind CSS

Tailwind CSS is a utility-first CSS framework. We will use Tailwind to compose powerful designs right in our markup.

• Please follow the instructions in the Remix documentation to set up Tailwind CSS.
• Next, copy-paste the additional Tailwind CSS configuration from the tailwind.config.ts file in the root of this repository into your project.
• Move the tailwind.css file into a new app/styles folder for better organization.
• Update the code in the app/root.tsx file in your project as follows:

- import { cssBundleHref } from "@remix-run/css-bundle";
+ import tailwindCSS from './styles/tailwind.css';

+ export const links: LinksFunction = () => [{ rel: 'stylesheet', href: tailwindCSS }];
- export const links: LinksFunction = () => [
-   ...(cssBundleHref ? [{ rel: "stylesheet", href: cssBundleHref }] : []),
- ];

4. Install clsx

We will use clsx to conditionally compose Tailwind CSS classes.

npm install clsx

5. Install rimraf

We use rimraf to delete files and folders for cleanup purposes.

npm install rimraf --save-dev

6. Install npm-run-all

We use npm-run-all to run multiple npm scripts in parallel.

npm install npm-run-all --save-dev

7. Reusable UI components

BeeRich is scaffolded with a few reusable UI components. You can find them in the app/components folder. These will help us build the UI faster.

• Copy-paste the app/components folder from the root of this repository into your project.

8. Existing routes

BeeRich starts off with a few updates to the app/root.tsx and app/routes/_index.tsx files.

• Compare your app/root.tsx and app/routes/_index.tsx files with the ones in the root of this repository. Then copy-paste the changes into your project.

9. The demo route

BeeRich starts off with a demo route that showcases the UI components. You can find the demo route in the app/routes/demo.tsx file.

• Copy-paste the app/routes/demo.tsx file into your project.

To inspect the demo route, run npm run dev and visit the demo page at http://localhost:3000/demo.

10. Copy-paste the favicon.ico

BeeRich uses a custom favicon. You can find the favicon in the public/favicon.ico file.

• Copy-paste the public/favicon.ico file into your project.

11. Copy-paste the scripts

Copy and replace the scripts in your package.json file with the following scripts:

"scripts": {
  "routes": "remix routes",
  "typecheck": "tsc",
  "format": "run-s format:*",
  "format:lint": "eslint --fix --ext .js,.jsx,.ts,.tsx .",
  "clean": "rimraf ./node_modules .cache ./build ./public/build && npm i",
  "build": "run-s \"build:*\"",
  "build:remix": "remix build",
  "update:remix": "npm i @remix-run/express@2 @remix-run/node@2 @remix-run/react@2 @remix-run/dev@2 @remix-run/eslint-config@2 @remix-run/css-bundle@2",
  "dev": "run-p \"dev:*\"",
  "dev:remix": "remix dev --manual -c \"node server.js\"",
  "start": "cross-env NODE_ENV=production node ./server.js"
}

You can also find the scripts in the package.json file in the root of this repository here.

12. Update the tsconfig.json file

Add the following compilerOptions to your tsconfig.json file:

  "module": "ES2022",

This is needed to make our seed script work, which we will add in Chapter 5, Fetching and Mutating Data.

Awesome! You are all set up. You can now start working on the chapter! 🥳