dogstack

🐶 🐶 🐶 a popular-choice grab-bag framework for teams working on production web apps

🐱 see also catstack, dogstack's smarter, slimmer, more cunning partner in crime

features

is omakase, modules are hand-picked by expert chefs to deliver a consistent taste throughout
provides a forkable example to get you up and running in no time!
abstracts away the app plumbing that you don't want to write again, and let's you focus on features
prescribes enough opinion to reduce friction for your team
includes modules for the user experience you really need: registration flow, sign in flow, group management, role-based access controls, etc

examples

root-systems/dogstack-example: a simple forkable example with common boilerplate
root-systems/cobuy: our open source product for consumer groups to coordinate buying quality goods for a cheaper price
ahdinosaur/resourceful: an experiment in personal inventory management

getting started

to get started, fork dogstack-example

stack

framework: dogstack

plugin ecosystem:

dogstack-agents

see stack.md for the full set of modules included in dogstack.

distributions

TODO user interface
TODO universal user interface
TODO data services
TODO full stack (ui + services)
TODO mobile using [react-native]
TODO desktop using [electron]

conventions

guides

How to install Node.js
How to create a new dogstack app
How to setup a Postgres database
TODO how to do authentication for your app
How to do presentational components
TODO how to create real-time data services
TODO how to do authorization for your app
TODO how to deploy your app
TODO how to test your app using executable specifications
TODO how to setup scheduled server tasks
TODO how to send emails from your app
TODO how to do a payment in your app

prior art

architecture by @ahdinosaur on previous private projects
https://github.com/jlongster/react-redux-universal-hot-example0
https://github.com/react-boilerplate/react-boilerplate
general discussions with teammates