Problem
Updating and maintaining the Training Kit takes longer than necessary. Since the courses are hard coded it makes updating a specific course difficult and time consuming having to manually find it in the codebase and update it accordingly.
Solution
The solution was to create Training Kit a fully modular system where courses can be easily added and updated without searching to codebase. Each course, sprint, module, and lesson is a database object which can be edited via an interface. Once the changes are saved, the training kit reflects them immediately. This solution allows content to be created in markdown or HTML which would speed up the creation process.
Technology Stack
- Apollo Client
- GraphQL
- Prisma
- PostgresQL
- Docker
Starting the Server
cd server- install node packages
npm install - spin up docker container
docker-compose up -d** - generate prisma server
npm deploy - run server
npm start
Starting the Client
- from root directory
cd client - install node packages
npm install - run client
npm start
** Docker Compose File not in repo.
- create a file
docket-compose.yml - Use the code snippet below from prisma documentation. Can also be found here.
version: '3'
services:
prisma:
image: prismagraphql/prisma:1.34
restart: always
ports:
- '4466:4466'
environment:
PRISMA_CONFIG: |
port: 4466
databases:
default:
connector: postgres
host: postgres
port: 5432
user: prisma
password: prisma
postgres:
image: postgres:10.3
restart: always
environment:
POSTGRES_USER: prisma
POSTGRES_PASSWORD: prisma
volumes:
- postgres:/var/lib/postgresql/data
volumes:
postgres: ~
