stevecfischer/paycheck2paycheck

Simple budget app for people who just need help living paycheck to paycheck.

Getting started

• Install Docker https://docs.docker.com/install/
• Install Heroku https://devcenter.heroku.com/articles/heroku-cli#download-and-install
• heroku login log in to Heroku. this will ask to open chrome so you can sign in
  
  

Setting up the project environment and build process

after docker and heroku have been installed

• git clone git@github.com:stevecfischer/paycheck2paycheck.git
• cd paycheck2paycheck
• heroku container:login
• heroku create creates a project (Ex. Creating app... done, ⬢ gentle-woodland-60237)
• heroku container:push web --app gentle-woodland-60237 pass the app name from above to this command
• heroku container:release web --app gentle-woodland-60237
• heroku open --app gentle-woodland-60237

running project locally

docker-compose up --build runs the docker-compose.yml in project root.
This will install node_modules for both client and server in the docker image only. No need to manually install node_modules.

MISC

recipe for post data

• app.use(express.json())
• content-type →application/json;
• in postman: set body to raw/JSON

helpful links

• https://devcenter.heroku.com/articles/container-registry-and-runtime
• https://medium.freecodecamp.org/how-to-make-create-react-app-work-with-a-node-backend-api-7c5c48acb1b0
• https://expressjs.com/en/advanced/best-practice-security.html
• https://nodesource.com/blog/nine-security-tips-to-keep-express-from-getting-pwned/
• https://devcenter.heroku.com/categories/deploying-with-docker