leandatascience/mpe_application repository overview

⁠Development Log

1. NodeJs

see: https://nodejs.org/en/about/releases/⁠

curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_14.x⁠ | sudo -E bash - sudo apt-get install -y nodejs

1. Architecture

Full-stack app.

- application: contains both frontend (webapp) and backend (server)
    - Front-end: isomorphic React app
    - Back-end: express, serves fe, too
- database: Aerospike
- analytics-backend: Python

1. Set up the project files

   • GitHub Repository, .gitignore file
   • Docker compose: each component into a separate docker container
   • run_mpe.sh script: makes building and starting the containers easy during development

2. set up webapp (React frontend)

   • build / start:

3. Set up database

4. Set up backend

⁠Resources:

• babel/ssr setup: https://codeburst.io/react-server-side-rendering-ssr-with-express-and-css-modules-722ef0cc8fa0⁠
• https://github.com/gajus/isomorphic-webpack⁠
• graphql / aerospike: https://dev.to/aerospike/near-real-time-campaign-reporting-part-3-campaign-service-and-campaign-ui-812⁠
• Express tutorials: https://wanago.io/2019/07/22/nodejs-two-factor-authentication/⁠

⁠Aliases

Use: https://github.com/Rush/link-module-alias⁠ https://arunmichaeldsouza.com/blog/aliasing-module-paths-in-node-js⁠