twitter-copy-graphql
A simple Twitter clone using React/Apollo to connect to a GraphQL Spring Boot API. This app supports viewing tweets made by other users, viewing user profiles, and creating new tweets.
The purpose of this project is not to completely copy the functionality of Twitter. This project was created to explore how web applications built with Java and React can use GraphQL as an alternative to REST.
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Getting Started
These instructions will get you a copy of the project up and running on your local machine for development and testing purposes.
Prerequisites
Ensure you have the following installed on your machine:
- Java 8
- Maven
- Node JS & NPM
- Yarn
Installing
The GraphQL API can be started like any other Maven project
$ cd /path/to/twitter-copy-graphql/server
$ mvn clean install
$ java -jar /target/graphql-service-0.0.1-SNAPSHOT.jar
Alternatively, you could compile the graphql-service project and run the DemoApplication main method in your IDE.
Once you have the API running, you should switch to another termial window before booting up the UI. To set up the React UI, you'll need to install your dependencies and run the start command through Yarn.
$ cd /path/to/twitter-copy-graphql/ui
$ yarn install
$ yarn run start
After both the UI and API are running, you should be able to see the app in your browser at http://localhost:3000.