- Install [Rust](https://www.rust-lang.org/) and [Node.js](https://nodejs.org/)
- Install [Just](https://just.systems/man/en/) and [Podman](https://podman.io/) (optional but recommended)
## Running the project
There are two ways to run this project. The simple way and the manual way.
### 1. The simple way (with aforementioned [Just](https://just.systems/man/en/) and [Podman](https://podman.io/))
To spin up a dev environment, run:
``` bash
just dev
```
For a complete list of targets, run:
``` bash
just -l
```
Spin up a dev server with `just dev` or just `just`.
This will start a dev server in a container running in the background.
It will also cd into the **client** directory and run `npm run dev` for you. The server will be available at `localhost:8080` and the client (vite preview) will be available at `localhost:3000`.
**Congrats, you're now ready to hack!**
For a project cleanup, you can run `just clean`. This will delete nore_modules and target directories etcetera. It will also stop and remove related images/containers.
For a more complete cleanup, you can run `just nuke`. This deletes everything related to this project AND **all containers and images on your system**. Use with caution.
### 2. The manual way
The client is a React application built with vite. `npm run dev` will start a dev server without a backend. ´npm run build´ will build the full application and drop it in the `client/dist` directory. This directory will then be served by the web server.
---
The server is a Rust application built with actix-web. `cargo run` will start a dev server with an in-memory database. `cargo build --release` will place a binary in `server/target/release` that can be run on a server. Note that the server binary will try to serve the client from `server/public` by default. This will be changable in the future.
