Just a project to learn about building full stack web applications around a theme that I own no creative rights to. I feel legally obligated to mention that this project is currently not a legal entity nor a real company. This does not indicate anything about whether Coop will exist in the future. The live demo of the site can be found here, and I make no guarantees about whether or not this service will be maintained indefinitely since it currently provides no real world value other than to convey an idea of what could exist.
If you are a hacker type and see a vuln in my code and have too much free time to dive into this codebase, please submit an issue and I will fix it. Or better yet, submit a PR!
Architecture Design
- Monolith, RESTful
Frontend
- Language: Typescript, TSX
- Node JS Libraries: React, TanStack/React Query, React Router, and many others
- CSS Libraries: TailwindCSS
- Transpilers: Babel, TSC
- Bundler: Webpack
Backend
- Language: Golang, SQL
- Golang Libraries: Goth, pgx, chi, jwt, and others
- Database: PostgreSQL
- Golang Tools: Goose, SQLC,
Other: Docker, Nginx
Code Formatters:
- JS/TS/JSX/TSX => Prettier
- Go => Gofmt, SQL => pgFormatter
There's a lot more Javascript libraries than Go libraries that I use that are not mentioned. As for PostgreSQL extensions that I use, just look in the migrations folder.
Started with Create React App (CRA). NOTE: I would not recommend starting new projects with CRA in 2024, if you use options like Vite, but it still works nonetheless. CRA configures Babel and Webpack under the hood, which may not be ideal if you want to customize them to your needs. This project, so far, has not warranted the need to modify those configuration files.
I provide the bash script that I personally use for development in the .dev directory. However, it's just using npm run start for the client,
Go air for the backend, and a docker container for the PostgreSQL DB.
Client tests are written using Jest, react testing library, msw. Backend tests are written using Go's standard library testing framework.
Coop wants to provide a platform for people to meet specifically with the idea in mind to co-own a property together. Targeted specifically towards young people who have never owned a property before, we the founders also understand what it's like to look at the current housing market in the USA and feel the dread of trying to buy your own home. Many things in life are hard and have to be done alone. Buying a home doesn't have to be one of them.
There are many reasons to consider co-ownership of properties. As part of our vision, we want to emphasize the community aspect. In the wake of a current loneliness epidemic, we think that trying to put efforts into fostering more communities that people actually want to be apart of will ease the collective pain and suffering. Lots of people tackle this problem from different angles, and we will come from the angle of trying to get people to commit to living together. Reducing physical distance between old friends or new friends reduces the friction of trying to hang out and do things together or even something as necessary and difficult like planning group trips.
Let's make great communities and learn, love, and laugh together.