nest-assessment (pnpm / turbo monorepo)

This repo is a small monorepo managed with pnpm and turbo. It contains:

• apps/backend: NestJS API (Prisma + Postgres)
• apps/frontend: React + Vite frontend
• apps/shared-types: Shared types package (for future cross-app types)

Requirements

• Node 20+
• pnpm installed globally (npm i -g pnpm)
• A Postgres instance

Quick start

Install dependencies from the monorepo root:

pnpm install

Create a .env file in apps/backend (never commit this) with at least:

DATABASE_URL="postgresql://user:password@localhost:5432/dbname"
JWT_ACCESS_SECRET="replace_me_access"
JWT_ACCESS_EXPIRES_IN="15m"
JWT_REFRESH_SECRET="replace_me_refresh"
JWT_REFRESH_EXPIRES_IN="7d"
FRONTEND_URL="http://localhost:5173"

# Optional: Google OAuth (if using Google login)
GOOGLE_CLIENT_ID="your_google_client_id"
GOOGLE_CLIENT_SECRET="your_google_client_secret"
GOOGLE_CALLBACK_URL="http://localhost:3000/auth/google/callback"

Run database migrations and seed (from apps/backend):

cd apps/backend
pnpm prisma migrate deploy
pnpm prisma db seed

From the monorepo root you can then:

# run dev servers via turbo (backend + frontend)
pnpm dev

# or build everything
pnpm build

You can also run the apps individually:

# backend
cd apps/backend
pnpm start:dev

# frontend
cd apps/frontend
pnpm dev

What is safe to publish

• No .env files or secrets are committed; runtime config is loaded from env vars.
• Database credentials, JWT secrets, and any other sensitive values must be provided via local .env files or your deployment environment – never commit them.

The top-level .gitignore already excludes node_modules, build artifacts, and .env* files for GitHub.