create-t3-turbo-aws-template

This template was created with create-t3 app https://create.t3.gg/ | https://github.com/t3-oss/create-t3-app

This Template modifies the original T3 Turbo template modified to use AWS services:

From the original template it keeps:

• tRPC
• Tailwind CSS
• Typescript
• NextAuth.js

Adds the following for AWS integration:

• fully deployed via AWS - (instead of vercel)

• API Gateway (instead of hosting the trcp API in nextjs)

• tRCP hosted in an aws lambda

• dynamoDb (instead of Prisma and postgres/mysql)

• cognito for User Authentication

• adds register / login / logout to Expo Application

• updates next-auth config to use Cognito for next.js site

• SST: uses SST to deploy the API / DynamoDb Table / Cognito

• SST can be used for development of your API. After deploying the aws gateway, your local expo / nextjs application calls the API hosted in the cloud, and uses the SST feature that lets you test and debug your Lambda locally by diverting the api call and invoking the lambda locally on your machine! https://docs.sst.dev/live-lambda-development

1. Just set up AWS CLI: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/userguide/getting-started-install.html
2. run pnpm install
3. run pnpm run dev
4. this will do the initial setup of the sst / cdk which may take a while but only needs to be done once. Then it will deploy the api-gateway. Take the outputs printed in the console after successful deploy, and add them to your env varialbes / expo environment variables.
5. run pnpm run dev again

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create-t3-turbo

Note Due to high demand, this repo now uses the app directory with some new experimental features. If you want to use the more traditional pages router, check out the repo before the update.

Installation

There are two ways of initializing an app using the create-t3-turbo starter. You can either use this repository as a template:

or use Turbo's CLI to init your project:

npx create-turbo@latest -e https://github.com/t3-oss/create-t3-turbo

About

TO_DO - update project structure changes

Ever wondered how to migrate your T3 application into a monorepo? Stop right here! This is the perfect starter repo to get you running with the perfect stack!

It uses Turborepo and contains:

.github
  └─ workflows
        └─ CI with pnpm cache setup
.vscode
  └─ Recommended extensions and settings for VSCode users
apps
  ├─ expo
  |   ├─ Expo SDK 49
  |   ├─ React Native using React 18
  |   ├─ Navigation using Expo Router
  |   ├─ Tailwind using Nativewind
  |   └─ Typesafe API calls using tRPC
  └─ next.js
      ├─ Next.js 13
      ├─ React 18
      ├─ Tailwind CSS
      └─ E2E Typesafe API Server & Client
packages
  ├─ api
  |   └─ tRPC v10 router definition
  ├─ auth
  |   └─ Authentication using next-auth. **NOTE: Only for Next.js app, not Expo**
  └─ db
      └─ Typesafe db calls using Drizzle & Planetscale
tooling
  ├─ eslint
  |   └─ shared, fine-grained, eslint presets
  ├─ prettier
  |   └─ shared prettier configuration
  ├─ tailwind
  |   └─ shared tailwind configuration
  └─ typescript
      └─ shared tsconfig you can extend from

In this template, we use @acme as a placeholder for package names. As a user, you might want to replace it with your own organization or project name. You can use find-and-replace to change all the instances of @acme to something like @my-company or @project-name.

Quick Start

Note The db package is preconfigured to use PlanetScale and is edge-ready with the database.js driver. If you're using something else, make the necesary modifications to the schema as well as the client and the drizzle config.

To get it running, follow the steps below:

1. Setup dependencies

# Install dependencies
pnpm i

# Configure environment variables
# There is an `.env.example` in the root directory you can use for reference
cp .env.example .env

# Push the Drizzle schema to the database
pnpm db:push

2. Configure Expo dev-script

Use iOS Simulator

1. Make sure you have XCode and XCommand Line Tools installed as shown on expo docs.

   NOTE: If you just installed XCode, or if you have updated it, you need to open the simulator manually once. Run npx expo start in the root dir, and then enter I to launch Expo Go. After the manual launch, you can run pnpm dev in the root directory.

   +  "dev": "expo start --ios",

2. Run pnpm dev at the project root folder.

Use Android Emulator

1. Install Android Studio tools as shown on expo docs.

2. Change the dev script at apps/expo/package.json to open the Android emulator.

   +  "dev": "expo start --android",

3. Run pnpm dev at the project root folder.

TIP: It might be easier to run each app in separate terminal windows so you get the logs from each app separately. This is also required if you want your terminals to be interactive, e.g. to access the Expo QR code. You can run pnpm --filter expo dev and pnpm --filter nextjs dev to run each app in a separate terminal window.

3. When it's time to add a new package

To add a new package, simply run pnpm turbo gen init in the monorepo root. This will prompt you for a package name as well as if you want to install any dependencies to the new package (of course you can also do this yourself later).

The generator sets up the package.json, tsconfig.json and a index.ts, as well as configures all the necessary configurations for tooling around your package such as formatting, linting and typechecking. When the package is created, you're ready to go build out the package.

Does this pattern leak backend code to my client applications?

No, it does not. The api package should only be a production dependency in the Next.js application where it's served. The Expo app, and all other apps you may add in the future, should only add the api package as a dev dependency. This lets you have full typesafety in your client applications, while keeping your backend code safe.

If you need to share runtime code between the client and server, such as input validation schemas, you can create a separate shared package for this and import it on both sides.

Deployment

Next.js

Prerequisites

Note Please note that the Next.js application with tRPC must be deployed in order for the Expo app to communicate with the server in a production environment.

Deploy to AWS

TO_DO

Expo

Deploying your Expo application works slightly differently compared to Next.js on the web. Instead of "deploying" your app online, you need to submit production builds of your app to app stores, like Apple App Store and Google Play. You can read the full guide to distributing your app, including best practices, in the Expo docs.

1. Make sure to modify the getBaseUrl function to point to your backend's production URL:

   https://github.com/t3-oss/create-t3-turbo/blob/656965aff7db271e5e080242c4a3ce4dad5d25f8/apps/expo/src/utils/api.tsx#L20-L37

2. Let's start by setting up EAS Build, which is short for Expo Application Services. The build service helps you create builds of your app, without requiring a full native development setup. The commands below are a summary of Creating your first build.

   # Install the EAS CLI
   pnpm add -g eas-cli
   
   # Log in with your Expo account
   eas login
   
   # Configure your Expo app
   cd apps/expo
   eas build:configure

3. After the initial setup, you can create your first build. You can build for Android and iOS platforms and use different eas.json build profiles to create production builds or development, or test builds. Let's make a production build for iOS.

   eas build --platform ios --profile production

   If you don't specify the --profile flag, EAS uses the production profile by default.

4. Now that you have your first production build, you can submit this to the stores. EAS Submit can help you send the build to the stores.

   eas submit --platform ios --latest

   You can also combine build and submit in a single command, using eas build ... --auto-submit.

5. Before you can get your app in the hands of your users, you'll have to provide additional information to the app stores. This includes screenshots, app information, privacy policies, etc. While still in preview, EAS Metadata can help you with most of this information.

6. Once everything is approved, your users can finally enjoy your app. Let's say you spotted a small typo; you'll have to create a new build, submit it to the stores, and wait for approval before you can resolve this issue. In these cases, you can use EAS Update to quickly send a small bugfix to your users without going through this long process. Let's start by setting up EAS Update.

   The steps below summarize the Getting started with EAS Update guide.

   # Add the `expo-updates` library to your Expo app
   cd apps/expo
   pnpm expo install expo-updates
   
   # Configure EAS Update
   eas update:configure

7. Before we can send out updates to your app, you have to create a new build and submit it to the app stores. For every change that includes native APIs, you have to rebuild the app and submit the update to the app stores. See steps 2 and 3.

8. Now that everything is ready for updates, let's create a new update for production builds. With the --auto flag, EAS Update uses your current git branch name and commit message for this update. See How EAS Update works for more information.

   cd apps/expo
   eas update --auto

   Your OTA (Over The Air) updates must always follow the app store's rules. You can't change your app's primary functionality without getting app store approval. But this is a fast way to update your app for minor changes and bug fixes.

9. Done! Now that you have created your production build, submitted it to the stores, and installed EAS Update, you are ready for anything!

References

The stack originates from create-t3-app.

A blog post where I wrote how to migrate a T3 app into this.