SecretScoops

High security ice cream delivery - by Don Gelato

Overview

SecretScoops is a full-stack application that consists of:

• Frontend (React + Vite)
• API (Express + PostgreSQL)
• Database (PostgreSQL)
• Workers (Node.js processing service)
• SQS Queue (ElasticMQ for local development)

This guide will walk you through setting up and running the entire system using Docker.

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📂 1. Setting Up the Environment File (.env)

To configure the project, you need to create a .env file in the project root.

Run the following command to create the file:

cp .env.example .env

**2. Next open and edit the .env file and update enviornment variables.

(For testing purposes default values can be used)

**3. Build & Run with Docker

docker-compose up --build

**4. Access Services (defaults)

• Frontend: http://localhost:5173
• Api: http://localhost:4000
• DB: Port 5432
• SQS UI: http://localhost:9325