TinyHouse: A Fullstack React Masterclass with TypeScript and GraphQL - Part Two
In this course, we'll show you how to create a production-ready home-sharing site
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What You Will Learn
How to create a Node server using Express
Importance of strongly-typed code
How to integrate TypeScript to a Node server
Differences between REST & GraphQL
What problems GraphQL can solve
How to create a GraphQL API using Apollo
In this course, we'll be creating a Node server from scratch with the help of the Express framework. We'll then introduce the benefits of strongly-typed code and integrate TypeScript into our Node server application.
We will compare GitHub's old RESTful API against its new GraphQL API. We will explore the problems GraphQL aims to solve. And finally, we will create our own GraphQL API using Apollo!
Course Content
Introduction
The TinyHouse App
In this lesson, we'll highlight all the features we intend to have for our home sharing application, TinyHouse.
INTRODUCTION
15:10 minutes
Walkthrough of TinyHouse Code
We'll spend a few minutes walking through the complete TinyHouse code for Part II of the course to gather context on some of the patterns we'll follow.
INTRODUCTION
12:17 minutes
Code Patterns & Behavior
In this lesson, we'll continue from the previous lesson and spend more time discussing common patterns we'll employ as we build both the server and client projects of the TinyHouse application.
INTRODUCTION
10:54 minutes
How To Go Through The Course
The structure of the course, the material available, and how best to go through the course in Part II.
INTRODUCTION
16:39 minutes
Set-up for Part 2
Set-up For Part II
We begin working on building the TinyHouse application by first modifying the code from the end of Part I of the course to prepare us as we move forward.
LESSON
2:51 minutes
Routing in TinyHouse
Module 2 Introduction
This is an introduction to the work we'll be doing in Module 2.0.
INTRODUCTION
0:33 minutes
Routing in TinyHouse
Routing is the process of navigating through a web application with the help of URLs. When a link in a webpage is clicked, the URL changes which then navigates a user to a new page. In this lesson, we'll learn about routing and explore the different routes we'll need for our TinyHouse application.
LESSON
6:14 minutes
React Router
React Router is a popular community-built library that provides a set of navigational components to help create routing within React applications. In this lesson, we'll use React Router to declare the main routes and the components that should be shown in these routes for our TinyHouse client application.
LESSON
7:26 minutes
Setting up our Database
Module 3 Introduction
This is an introduction to the work we'll be doing in Module 3.0.
INTRODUCTION
1:05 minutes
Database Collection Structure
In this lesson, we'll brainstorm the structure of our database and determine how many collections the database for our TinyHouse application will need.
LESSON
5:16 minutes
Database Document Structure
We continue from the previous lesson by declaring the shape of the data we expect to store in each of the collections of our database.
LESSON
15:17 minutes
Seed & Clear Data from MongoDB
Having our database contain some mock data will allow our GraphQL queries and mutations to interact with data from the database. In this lesson, we'll create a scripts to help seed and clear the database of mock data, in development.
LESSON
8:27 minutes
User Authentication with Google Sign-In & OAuth 2.0
Module 4 Introduction
This is an introduction to the work we'll be doing in Module 4.0.
INTRODUCTION
0:52 minutes
OAuth 2.0
OAuth is an industry-standard authorization protocol that enables applications to obtain limited access to user accounts without giving away any passwords. In this lesson, we'll dive a little deeper explaining what OAuth is and how we intend to use it in our application to help users sign-in with their Google account.
LESSON
4:36 minutes
Google Sign-In (OAuth)
In this lesson, we'll create the necessary OAuth credentials from the Google API Console that we'll need to use to set-up Google OAuth in our application.
LESSON
4:49 minutes
Google Sign-In GraphQL Fields
We'll begin creating the GraphQL fields that we'll need to help us establish Google OAuth in our application.
LESSON
4:50 minutes
Using Google Sign-In & People API
Before we update our GraphQL OAuth resolvers, we'll use Google's official Node.js library to help access and interact with Google APIs.
LESSON
8:30 minutes
Building the Authentication Resolvers
We'll continue to update the GraphQL resolver functions we've prepared to allow users to log-in & log-out of our application.
LESSON
18:55 minutes
Building the UI for Login
We'll now switch over to work in our React application and have it communicate with the server to allow a user to sign-in via Google OAuth.
LESSON
11:35 minutes
Executing Login
Having the UI of the Login page built in our client, we'll investigate how we can make the query for Google Sign In's authentication URL when a user attempts to sign in.
LESSON
22:35 minutes
Building the AppHeader & Logout
A user is now able to successfully sign-in from the Login page. In this lesson, we'll spend some time creating the AppHeader component that will help allow users to navigate around our app.
LESSON
18:05 minutes
Persist Login Sessions with Cookies
Module 5 Introduction
This is an introduction to the work we'll be doing in Module 5.0.
INTRODUCTION
0:55 minutes
Cookies & Login Sessions
A browser cookie is data that a server can send to a user's web browser where the browser can often send back to the server. With this lesson, we begin discussing how persistent login sessions can be made with cookies by going through a simple exercise with the Google search web application.
LESSON
2:39 minutes
localStorage vs. sessionStorage vs. cookies
Before we dive into implementing persistent login sessions in our app, we'll touch on the different storage mechanisms of the web browser. In this lesson, we explore the differences between localStorage, sessionStorage, and cookies.
LESSON
5:32 minutes
Adding the Viewer Cookie on the Server
We'll utilize the `cookie-parser` package in our Node server to help parse a "viewer" cookie from HTTP requests sent from the client.
LESSON
11:05 minutes
Adding the Viewer Cookie on the Client
Our server is now able to help set and clear the "viewer" cookie in our client when we sign-in with Google. In this lesson, we'll modify our client such that it will use the "viewer" cookie to automatically log a viewer in when the app first renders and the cookie is available.
LESSON
8:19 minutes
X-CSRF Token
We’ll take an additional step in this lesson to prevent Cross-Site Request Forgery attacks. We'll see how we can have the client pass a CSRF token with every request and where the server can use the token to verify the identity of the viewer making the request.
LESSON
8:50 minutes
Building the User Page
Module 6 Introduction
This is an introduction to the work we'll be doing in Module 6.0.
INTRODUCTION
0:53 minutes
User GraphQL Fields
In this module, we begin building the server and client implementation that will help allow us to retrieve and display information for users in our application. We'll begin by brainstorming the GraphQL fields we'll need to query user data.
LESSON
2:23 minutes
Modifying the User, Listing, and Booking GraphQL TypeDefs
In this lesson, we'll modify the User, Listing, and Booking GraphQL type definitions that are relevant to the user information we want to query from the database.
LESSON
10:47 minutes
Building the User Resolvers
With the GraphQL type definitions established for the root-level user query, in this lesson we'll modify the resolver function we have to help query for a certain user.
LESSON
21:38 minutes
The UserProfile React Component
With our `user` query now prepared and available in our GraphQL API, we'll begin building the page shown in the `/user/:id` route of our client app.
LESSON
23:01 minutes
The UserListings & UserBookings React Components
In this lesson, we'll continue to build the user page in our client application by looking to query and present a paginated list of listings and bookings for a certain user.
LESSON
42:50 minutes
Building the Listing Page
Module 7 Introduction
This is an introduction to the work we'll be doing in Module 7.0.
INTRODUCTION
0:33 minutes
Listing GraphQL Fields
In this module, we begin building the server and client implementation that will help allow us to retrieve and display information for listings in our application. We'll begin by brainstorming the GraphQL fields we'll need to query listing data.
LESSON
2:20 minutes
Building the Listing Resolvers
With the root-level `listing` field prepared in our GraphQL API, we'll construct the resolver function for this field to attempt to query for the appropriate listing from the "listings" collection in our database.
LESSON
16:06 minutes
Querying for listing data
With our `listing` query now prepared and available in our GraphQL API, we'll begin building the page shown in the `/listing/:id` route of our client app.
LESSON
11:20 minutes
ListingDetails & ListingBookings
In this lesson, we'll continue to build the listing page in our client application by looking to prepare the `<ListingDetails />` and `<ListingBookings />` components.
LESSON
25:38 minutes
The ListingCreateBooking React Component
In this lesson, we'll finish up our client update for the listing page by creating the component where a user will eventually use to book for a listing.
LESSON
34:30 minutes
Building the Home Page
Module 8 Introduction
This is an introduction to the work we'll be doing in Module 8.0.
INTRODUCTION
0:45 minutes
Listings GraphQL Fields
In the homepage of our application, we hope to display a small list of the most premium listings available. In this module, we begin building the server and client implementation that will help allow us to retrieve and display listings information for the homepage of our application. We'll begin by brainstorming the GraphQL fields we'll need to query a list of listings from our API.
LESSON
2:59 minutes
Building the Listings Resolvers
With the root-level `listings` field prepared in our GraphQL API, we'll construct the resolver function for this field to attempt to query for a list of listings from the "listings" collection in our database.
LESSON
13:52 minutes
Building the UI of the Homepage
The homepage of TinyHouse is to be to mostly presentational and aims to serve the purpose of telling the user what our app does as well as provide useful links to direct them elsewhere. In this lesson, we focus on building the presentational UI of the homepage.
LESSON
23:09 minutes
Displaying the highest-priced listings in the Homepage
Our homepage is mostly prepared except for displaying the most premium (i.e. highest price) listings. In this lesson, we'll look to make the query we'll need to retrieve the highest priced listings from our server and display that information on our homepage.
LESSON
19:58 minutes
Searching for listings with Google's Geocoding API
Module 9 Introduction
This is an introduction to the work we'll be doing in Module 9.0.
INTRODUCTION
1:04 minutes
Google's Geocoding API
We've managed to create the capability for users to query for a list of listings that can be sorted based on listing price. In this module, we'll focus on the functionality that will allow our users to search for listings based on location. We'll begin the investigation for this by discussing the API we intend to use to help us - Google's Geocoding API.
LESSON
8:15 minutes
Location-based searching for listings
In this lesson, we'll address the gameplan we have in mind in how we want to conduct location-based searching in our app.
LESSON
7:48 minutes
Updating the listings resolver
In this lesson, we'll begin to write the code in our server project to help allow a user to search for listings in a certain location. To achieve this, we'll first modify the existing `listings` GraphQL query field to accept an optional `location` argument that when provided will return the listings that pertain only to that location.
LESSON
19:49 minutes
Building the Listings page
With our `listings` field in our GraphQL API prepared to accept a `location` argument, we'll begin to work on the client app to build the `/listings/:location?` page for where certain listings can be shown for specific locations.
LESSON
17:33 minutes
Pagination & Filtering in the Listings page
At this point, we have a page displayed in the `/listings/location?` route that surfaces up to eight different listing cards for listings that exist in certain locations. In this lesson, we'll create the capability for a user to filter and paginate the information presented to them in the listings page.
LESSON
30:33 minutes
Searching for listings from the App Header
In this lesson, we'll work on something slightly related to the `/listings/:location?` page and is a big factor of our app. We'll be working on the search input that we'll place in the app header that will allow users to search for listings in a location while within any part of our app.
LESSON
26:56 minutes
Index location-based data
At this moment in time, we've introduced the capability to have our client application query for listing documents for different locations. In this lesson, we'll investigate and discuss indexes within MongoDB and see how can index location-based data from the "listings" collection in our database.
LESSON
9:24 minutes
Connecting with Stripe
Module 10 Introduction
This is an introduction to the work we'll be doing in Module 10.0.
INTRODUCTION
0:56 minutes
Stripe & Stripe Connect
It's finally time we talk about payments! The business model of TinyHouse is an online marketplace where users can host and book listings. In this lesson, we'll learn about how we intend to have TinyHouse be a marketplace by using the third-party payment platform - Stripe.
LESSON
7:58 minutes
Stripe Connect OAuth
When a user in our application plans to host a listing, we'll need to ensure they've connected to their own Stripe account through our Stripe platform account. This is to leverage Stripe Connect's capability to pay the users who have listings in our app when a booking is made. In this lesson, we'll set up the credentials we'll need from Stripe and save them as environment variables for both our server and client projects.
LESSON
11:33 minutes
Stripe Connect GraphQL Fields
We'll begin creating the GraphQL fields that we'll need to help us establish Stripe Connect OAuth in our application.
LESSON
9:11 minutes
Building the Stripe Connect Resolvers
We'll continue to update the GraphQL resolver functions we've prepared to allow users to connect & disconnect from Stripe in our application.
LESSON
13:51 minutes
Connecting with Stripe on the Client
We'll switch over to work in our React application and have it communicate with the server to allow a user to connect with their Stripe account on our platform.
LESSON
27:59 minutes
Disconnecting from Stripe on the Client
We've managed to create the functionality to have a logged-in user in our app connect with Stripe. In this lesson, we'll look to visually indicate that the user is in the connected state and have an action responsible for allowing the user to disconnect from Stripe.
LESSON
13:30 minutes
Hosting new listings
Module 11 Introduction
This is an introduction to the work we'll be doing in Module 11.0.
INTRODUCTION
0:36 minutes
HostListing GraphQL Fields
For users in our application to add listings (i.e. host listings) in the TinyHouse application, we'll need to create the functionality where users can upload and insert new listing data into our database. In this lesson, we'll establish the GraphQL fields in our API that will help achieve this.
LESSON
2:43 minutes
Building the HostListing Resolver
We'll continue from what we've done in the previous lesson by having the `hostListing` resolver function we've created receive an input with new listing information which will then be added to the `"listings"` collection in our database.
LESSON
15:27 minutes
Building the UI of the Host page
We'll now begin to work on the form on the client application where a user can create (i.e. host) a new listing. The form we'll build will essentially be the UI of the `/host` route of our application.
LESSON
38:21 minutes
Executing the HostListing Mutation
The majority of the work we've needed to do for the form shown in the `/host` page was completed in the last lesson. In this lesson, we collect the values a user is to enter in the form and when the user decides to submit the form, we'll trigger the `hostListing` mutation we have in our API and pass the relevant input along.
LESSON
28:20 minutes
Cloudinary & Image Storage
Module 12 Introduction
This is an introduction to the work we'll be doing in Module 12.0.
INTRODUCTION
0:41 minutes
Cloudinary & Image Storage
In this lesson and module, we'll investigate to see if there's a better way of storing the newly created images for listings in our database. We'll discuss and investigate cloud-based image and video management services and see how we can use Cloudinary for our application.
LESSON
7:13 minutes
Image uploads with Cloudinary
In this lesson, we'll pick up from what we've done in the previous lesson by modifying our server code to utilize Cloudinary to host listing images for our TinyHouse application.
LESSON
8:46 minutes
Booking listings
Module 13 Introduction
This is an introduction to the work we'll be doing in Module 13.0.
INTRODUCTION
1:04 minutes
CreateBooking GraphQL Fields
For users to book a listing in our app, we'll need functionality to handle this as well as the capability to process transactions between the tenant and host. In this lesson, we'll establish the GraphQL fields in our API that will help achieve this.
LESSON
2:51 minutes
Building the CreateBooking Resolver
Before we begin to implement the `createBooking` mutation resolver, we'll first create the utility function that will facilitate a Stripe charge with the help of Stripe's API.
LESSON
25:57 minutes
Resolving the BookingsIndex of a Listing
In this lesson, we'll continue from the previous lesson and look to see how we can update the bookingsIndex of a listing document with the dates that have recently been booked by a tenant.
LESSON
23:02 minutes
Disabling booked dates on the client
In this lesson, we'll begin to work on the client-side to facilitate the booking of a listing. We'll begin by first disabling any dates in the listing page datepickers that have been previously booked by other users.
LESSON
25:20 minutes
Creating the Booking Confirmation Modal
In this lesson, we'll look to prepare the confirmation modal that gets displayed to the user when the users requests to make a booking.
LESSON
21:12 minutes
Displaying the Payment Form with React Stripe Elements
We'll continue from what we've done in the previous lesson by looking to capture a user's credit or debit card information when a booking is to be made, with the help of the React Stripe Elements library.
LESSON
17:21 minutes
Executing the CreateBooking Mutation
In this lesson, we'll wrap-up what we've done in the last few lessons by now collecting all relevant information and triggering the `createBooking` mutation when a user is ready to confirm their booking.
LESSON
28:10 minutes
Deploying with Heroku
Module 14 Introduction
This is an introduction to the work we'll be doing in Module 14.0.
INTRODUCTION
0:28 minutes
Cloud Computing
We've finished building the application that we've wanted so we'll now focus on deployment. There's no use in having a great app if we can't deploy it for others to use! Before we dive into what form of deployment we're going to conduct, we'll talk about cloud computing and its importance when it comes to the world of deployment.
LESSON
6:40 minutes
Deploying with Heroku
Heroku is a platform as a service (PaaS) that's been around since June 2007 and supports the deployment of several programming languages. In this lesson, we'll use Heroku to help deploy our TinyHouse application on to the cloud!
LESSON
45:13 minutes
Walkthrough of Deployed App
For the last core lesson of the course, we'll take a walkthrough of our deployed app to ensure everything works as intended. By the end of this lesson, we'll also spend a little time quickly summarizing what we've done to have our application be deployed.
LESSON
10:25 minutes
Bonus Module
Module 15 Introduction
This is an introduction to the work we'll be doing in Module 15.0.
INTRODUCTION
0:51 minutes
The NotFound Page
In this lesson, we build the UI for the NotFound page shown when a user ever navigates to a route not defined in our app.
LESSON
5:32 minutes
Apollo Client & FetchPolicy
We discuss Apollo Client's intelligent caching system and ways one can manipulate the fetch policy of query requests.
LESSON
16:32 minutes
useLayoutEffect & Window Scroll
We'll see how React's useLayoutEffect Hook can help have our application window be scrolled to the top when we navigate from page to page.
LESSON
10:26 minutes
React Router Hooks
We'll discuss the small changes that can be made to use some of the new Hooks that React Router provides.
LESSON
10:25 minutes
Disconnecting from Stripe & Revoking Access
We'll discuss a small change that can be made to fully disconnect a user from our Stripe Connect account when they've disconnected from Stripe in our app.
LESSON
10:32 minutes
Additional Listing DatePicker Changes
We'll discuss a few small changes that can be made to optimize the date pickers for when a user is to book a certain listing.
LESSON
10:06 minutes