BaselineJS

BaselineJS is an open-source, fullstack TypeScript, serverless first framework designed to make building cloud native applications easier. Our framework utilizes a combination of modern technologies, architectures and operational processes to help teams to efficiently build and deploy robust applications

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Getting Started

Videos Walkthroughs

Video walkthroughs setting up Baseline

• Baseline Demo
• Baseline with Windows Subsystem Linux
• Baseline with GitHub Codespaces

Setup

Quick Start

npx @baselinejs/quickstart

The quick start command will:

• Install all requirements
• Create a new Baseline project
• Set up AWS credentials
• Deploy to staging
• Create an admin user
• Output the URLs for the project

You may need to install npm if npx is not available, you can do this by installing Node.js

Setup

If you prefer a more manual setup, follow the steps below.

1. Install requirements pnpm run install:requirements
2. npx @baselinejs/create-app my-app-name
3. pnpm install
4. pnpm run setup to name your project and set the region
5. pnpm run aws:profile to setup your AWS credentials profile (if you have issues please update aws cli)
6. pnpm run deploy:staging to deploy api/web/admin
7. pnpm run add:user:staging to add an admin user to the application
8. pnpm run urls:staging To see your project URLs

Local Requirements

These must be installed before following the setup instructions. These can be installed manually or by using the requirements installation script.

• Macos/Linux OS/Windows Subsystem for Linux
  • Node.js v20 (v20 or higher) & npm@10.5.0 or higher (we suggest installing and using nvm) follow instructions in the link to install, you will generally need to create a new terminal session after installing. If you already have nvm update it before proceeding.
    • If nvm is installed you can switch versions with nvm install 20 && nvm use 20 && nvm alias default 20 && nvm install-latest-npm
    • If not using nvm you can manually install node and npm, download from https://nodejs.org/en/download/ alternatively use the operating system package manager or any other appropriate tool to install node
    • Current versions can be checked with node -v, npm -v
  • pnpm version 9, version can be checked with pnpm -v, install with npm install -g pnpm@9 or other methods
  • AWS CLI v2
  • Homebrew, for Mac users only, follow install instructions here
  • jq for extracting Cloudformation outputs
    • Install on mac brew install jq
    • Install on Linux sudo yum install jq or sudo apt-get install jq, or other appropriate methods
  • Java Runtime Environment (JRE) version 8.x or newer, it is only required for DynamoDB local
    • Install on mac brew install java
    • Install on linux sudo yum install java or sudo apt-get install openjdk-8-jdk, or other appropriate methods
    • DynamoDB local will automatically install in the project when the api is started, java needs to installed before this occurs
  • curl which is used in some of the bash scripts, curl install instructions
  • An IDE such as Visual Studio Code
• Internet connectivity
• AWS Account https://aws.amazon.com/getting-started/
• IAM credentials https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/userguide/getting-started-prereqs.html#getting-started-prereqs-iam be sure to follow Security best practices in IAM

Requirements Installation

Run the following command to install the requirements.

If you are starting a new Baseline project.

1curl -o- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Baseline-JS/core/main/scripts/install-requirements.sh | bash

or

1wget -qO- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Baseline-JS/core/main/scripts/install-requirements.sh | bash

If you are joining an existing Baseline project make sure you run the requirements installation script in the root of the project. This will install the requirements for the project.

1pnpm run install:requirements

Run Locally

If the project is already setup and you are trying run the project locally make sure you run pnpm run aws:profile first so that you have the correct credentials for AWS configured locally.

Commands

Start the api, admin and web in their own terminal windows/tabs with the following commands.

1. pnpm run generate:env:local to generate the env files for the frontend clients
2. pnpm run start:api
3. pnpm run start:admin
4. pnpm run start:web

Running locally Limitations

• API, Web & Admin: No S3, you will need to rely on AWS staging S3
• API: No local Cognito Authorizer, the deployed staging cognito can be used (see packages/api/serverless.yml) or the payload set by AUTHORIZER in packages/api/scripts/run-api-local.sh.
• Admin: Cognito UI relies on an active AWS Cognito user pool, use deployed staging

Deploy a Change

Swap staging to prod to deploy to production. All environment variables will be automatically set in the process.

1. pnpm run deploy:staging to deploy api/web/admin

Remove Stack

To destroy the deployed cloudformation stacks so it is no longer on AWS run pnpm run remove:staging. This will likely destroy all data associated with the application.

Major Components

• 🚀 API
• 🖥️ React Admin Website
• 🌐 React User Website
• ⚙️ CI/CD
• 🔧 Developer Tooling
• 🔒 Authentication
• 🔄 Multiple Environments
• 💻 Run Locally
• 🏗️ Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
• 📦 Managed Environment Variables
• ✨ Baseline Commands

Technology

• 🎁 Package Management: Pnpm + Monorepo
• 🔨 Language & Build: TypeScript + ESBuild
• 🖼 Frontend: React + Vite
• ⚙️ Backend: NodeJS + Express
• 🎨 Linting & Formatting: Prettier + Eslint
• 🏗 IaC: AWS + Serverless Framework
• 🚀 Deploy: Local/Bitbucket/GitHub CI/CD

AWS Services

• Cognito
• S3
• Lambda
• DynamoDB
• CloudFormation
• Route53
• Systems Manager
• CloudFront
• API Gateway
• CloudWatch
• SNS

What can you build with Baseline?

• 🌐 SaaS Solutions: Build software-as-a-service solutions tailored to your audience.
• 🖥️ Web Applications: Develop responsive and scalable web applications.
• 🛒 Marketplaces: Launch and manage online marketplaces with ease.
• 📱 Mobile Applications: Create robust mobile apps for iOS and Android platforms.
• 💼🛍️ B2B/B2C Applications: Seamlessly cater to both business and consumer audiences.
• 🗄️ Headless CMS: Manage content efficiently using a headless content management system.

Benefits

• Serverless First
• Open source
• Full control
• Cost effective implementation
• Hosted in your own AWS account
• Uses popular technology
• Scales on demand
• Staging and production environments
• Runs locally

Baseline

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