How to implement a backend with Effect

@effect/platform provides a type safe API for building backend apps. Any runtime, any database, and with all the features you expect from a TypeScript backend.

Check out the full article to learn how to get started 🚀

Getting started

This repository includes the following:

• Shared effect API definition (packages/api)
• Backend implementation with effect (apps/server)
• Frontend implementation with TanStack Router (apps/client)
• Docker compose for local Postgres + PgAdmin environment (docker-compose.yaml)

First, open Docker Desktop and execute the below command to start the database and PgAdmin:

Make sure to create a .env file inside both the root directory and apps/server, containing the parameters listed inside .env.example.

docker compose up

This will start the database and PgAdmin. You can access http://localhost:5050/ to login into the local PgAdmin dashboard.

Use the credentials from .env: PGADMIN_MAIL+PGADMIN_PW.

You can then execute both server and client in the monorepo. Open a second terminal and run the below commands:

pnpm install
pnpm run dev

This will start client on http://localhost:3001/, and server on http://localhost:3000/.

Done ✨

Server, client, and database all now all connected. Explore more of the effect API by playing around with the code in the repository 🕹️

Check out the full article for the details of how the code works 🚀