Requirements

Docker Desktop:

Get Docker

Node:

official or brew (macOS)

First time start up

Firbase Setup

First place the firebase serviceAccountKey.json within the backend directory

within the main directory run the following command

docker compose up -d

frontend link localhost:5173

Getting rid of linting errors locally

To make your ide happy, add packages locally with node

cd backend # and frontend
npm i

Updating Packages

If you need to add a new package to the frontend or backend

Shutdown docker

docker compose down

Add packages locally

cd backend # or frontend
npm install some-package
npm install @types/some-package --save-dev   # for TypeScript dependencies

Rebuild container

docker compose build backend # or frontend
docker compose up