Technical Stack
| Area | Tech Stack |
[ ] - Language | TypeScript [ ] - Framework | NestJS or Express + custom architecture [ ] - Database | PostgreSQL (SQL) + Redis (cache) [ ] - Message Queue | RabbitMQ / Kafka [ ] - Containerization | Docker & Docker Compose [ ] - Testing | Jest + Supertest (unit + integration) [ ] - CI/CD | GitHub Actions [ ] - Deployment | Docker Swarm / AWS ECS / Render / Railway [ ] - API Documentation | OpenAPI (Swagger)
Learning Goals This project will help you master:
Skill Learning Outcome
[ ] - Architecture Design clean folder structure, dependency injection, service layers. [ ] - Scalability Add caching, message queues, async jobs. [ ] - Database Design relational models, transactions, indexes. [ ] - API Design REST or GraphQL endpoints, pagination, rate limiting. [ ] - Testing Full pipeline: unit, integration, E2E. [ ] - DevOps Docker + CI/CD with GitHub Actions + zero downtime deploys. [ ] - Monitoring Integrate logging (Winston/Pino) and metrics (Prometheus/Grafana optional).
Development Milestones
Phase Goal Deliverables
[ ] - Phase 1 Project setup Node/TypeScript skeleton, linting, basic Dockerfile [ ] - Phase 2 Authentication module JWT, refresh tokens, user roles [ ] - Phase 3 Product service CRUD + filtering + tests [ ] - Phase 4 Order system Order lifecycle, transactions, message queue for async operations [ ] - Phase 5 Caching + Performance Redis cache, query optimization [ ] - Phase 6 Testing + CI/CD Jest, coverage reports, GitHub Actions pipeline [ ] - Phase 7 Deployment Deploy Dockerized app to cloud platform [ ] - Phase 8 Advanced Real-time updates (WebSockets), observability, documentation