Medium App Clone

This is a monorepo containing a Medium-like application with a backend service and a common package for shared types and validations.

Project Structure

├── backend/           # Backend service using Cloudflare Workers and Prisma
├── common/            # Shared types and validation schemas

Packages

Backend

The backend service is built using:

• Cloudflare Workers for serverless deployment
• Hono.js as the web framework
• Prisma with PostgreSQL for database management
• Prisma Accelerate for enhanced database performance

Common

A shared package (@coderinthenorth/medium-app-common) containing:

• Zod schemas for request validation
• TypeScript types for blog and user operations
• Shared utilities used across the application

Getting Started

Prerequisites

• Node.js (Latest LTS version recommended)
• npm or yarn
• PostgreSQL database

Installation

1. Clone the repository

2. Install dependencies for both packages:

# Install backend dependencies
cd backend
npm install

# Install common package dependencies
cd ../common
npm install

Development

Backend Service

1. Set up your environment variables in the backend directory
2. Start the development server:

cd backend
npm run dev

Database Management

The backend uses Prisma with PostgreSQL. Make sure to:

1. Update your database connection string in the Prisma configuration
2. Run migrations when needed

Deployment

The backend service can be deployed to Cloudflare Workers:

cd backend
npm run deploy

Features

• User authentication (signup/signin)
• Blog post creation and management
• Type-safe API endpoints using Zod validation
• Serverless architecture with Cloudflare Workers

Contributing

1. Fork the repository
2. Create your feature branch
3. Commit your changes
4. Push to the branch
5. Create a new Pull Request

License

ISC License