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storage-manager

purpose

This project is supposed to make finding objects inside boxes easier. Translucent storage boxes are ugly. Over time and with the addition of new items, labels become irrelevant to the items they are meant to describe. They are inflexible. Distinctions between which box an item belongs can be arbitrary and confusing. e.g. Scissors belonging to 'Tools' or 'Crafts'.

features:

  • Record physical location, quantity, description, etc of items
  • Search by item/box name, description
  • Move items to and from boxes

Stack

  • mongodb
  • node.js
  • Vite
  • Typescript
  • TailwindCSS

Dev Environment

Database

Located in database directory. Configured to use Mongo DB Docker container mongo-db. Included is a docker-compose.yml file that will host a Mongo DB on port 27017 using credentials configured with environment variables, e.g:

MONGO_INITDB_ROOT_USERNAME=<root username>
MONGO_INITDB_ROOT_PASSWORD=<root password>
ME_CONFIG_MONGODB_ADMINUSERNAME=<mongodb username>
ME_CONFIG_MONGODB_ADMINPASSWORD=<mongodb admin password>

Also includes Mongo Express container mongo-express.


Server

Located in server directory.

  • Edit .env file with credentials for database, e.g:
DB_USERNAME=<username>
DB_PASSWORD=<password>
DB_HOST=<hostname> //server
DB_PORT=<db port> //27017
PORT=<server port> //5000
  • Run npm i to install required node packages
  • Run npm run start to start server, uses nodemon to watch for server changes and restart server automatically.

Client

Located in client/ directory.

  • npm i
  • Uses vite build and dev server, npm run dev