Values backend

Links

• Backend GraphQL Server
  • Website
  • GitHub
• Frontend React App
  • Website
  • GitHub

Tech

• powered by graphql-yoga
  • Node.js & Express
    • Resolvers programmed in src/resolvers.js
      • data: plain JS objects
• data reset function
  • password protected (stored in Heroku config)
    • (git-crypt didn't work well with Heroku)
  • passwords encrypted with bcrypt
• Easy script to update links from the production server
  • yarn updateLinks

Install

Prerequisites

• yarn
• Node.js

yarn install
yarn start

Lessons learned

• Encrypting the reset password
  • used bcrypt and a Heroku config variable
  • I couldn't figure out how to use git-crypt with Heroku
• keywords generation
  • keywords.txt -> JSON
  • txt: easy to add/remove words
  • I initially put it in client
  • logically made sense to put it in the back-end, make it available via /keywords
• updateLink
  • mutation params can only be simple (no Link param)
    • I used a stringified object => way easier to create queries

TODOs

• Automated tests with Newman
  • automate tests for adding all the user behaviours
  • stub the backend?
  • automated tests with the real backend
• add Anna Akana and In a Nutshell to values
• set the default "This is water" to prepopulate
• handle bugs