bohdicave / aws-thought

AWS-deployed Express-React-Node.js app for recording deep thought. Deployed to an Elastic Container instance on AWS (not running constantly, so IP varies).

AWS-thought - a record of deep thoughts

AWS-deployed journaling app - an exercise in setting up and deploying a React-Express-Node.js app to Amazon Linux EC2 instance, using S3 bucket for storage and DynamoDB for backend data processing.

Technology stack

• Frontend: React.js
  • react-dom - for accessing the virtual DOM in React
  • react-router-dom - for routing inside the app
  • react-scripts - for running React scripts in dev and deployment
• Backend: Express.js, Node.js
  • npm packages:
    • asw-sdk - for developing an AWS-compatible app
    • multer - for file upload
    • pm2 - for managing the app on AWS
    • uuid - for assigning universal identifiers
    • jwt-decode - for JSON web token authentication
    • dotenv - for setting up environmental variables
• AWS Cloud:
  • S3 bucket for images upload and storage
  • DynamoDB for data persistence
  • EC2 instance for app deployment
  • AIM authentication
  • SSH setup of Amazon Linux core using Nginx

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aws-thought's Issues

Create an AWS account

User Stories

• As a developer, I want to be able to view the management console in AWS.

• As a developer, I want to manage my IAM role.

• As a developer, I want to set up a billing alert.

Add Images to the Application

User Stories

• As a user, I want to add an image to my thought.

• As a user, I want to see all images.

• As a user, I want to view images of a user

Deploy the app to an EC2 instance

User Stories

• As a user, I want to be able to visit the app on a public URL.

Integrate the database calls into the front end

User Stories

• As a user, I want to view all the thoughts.

• As a user, I want to be able to create a new thought.

• As a user, I want to view thoughts of a user

Set up API endpoints

User Stories

• As a developer, I need to create a route to query all the thoughts.

• As a developer, I need to create a route to query all the thoughts from a user.

• As a developer, I need to create a route to create a thought.