GraphQL Crash Course - Build an Expense Tracker App

Welcome to the MERN GraphQL Expense Tracker App! This project is designed to help you manage your expenses efficiently using a modern tech stack and GraphQL.

Features:

• 🌟 Tech stack: MERN (MongoDB, Express.js, React.js, Node.js) + Apollo GraphQL
• 📝 Learn type definitions and resolvers for defining GraphQL schema and data fetching logic
• 🔄 Mutations for modifying data in the GraphQL API and establishing graph relations
• 🎃 Authentication with Passport.js and MongoDB session store
• 🚀 Global state management with Apollo Client
• 🐞 Error handling both on the server and on the client
• ⭐ Deployment made easy with a platform called Render
• 👾 Cron jobs for scheduled tasks and automation
• ⏳ And much more!

Setup .env file

MONGO_URI=...
SESSION_SECRET=...

Build the app

npm run build

Start the app

npm start