OMG, Shoes... is currently deployed, www.omgshoes.eheidel.com, please give it e visit and read more about the deployment down below.
OMG, Shoes... is a community for sneaker enthusiasts to keep track of their sneaker collection and view and discuss collections with other users.
This version of OMG, Shoes... is a C#/.NET api version of my Nashville Software School front end, JSON server, capstone project. The front end is written in Reactjs, the back end is written in C#/.NET, and the database is through PostgreSQL16.
Having written this project's front end in Reactjs, it currently acts as an SPA (Single Page Application). I am currently working on a Next.js version of this project that I will also deploy, in hopes to showcase my React growth into non-SPA's.
This was my first real-deal deployment and I worked through it by myself, failing, triumphing, and failing again. After enough trial and error, researching, and reading docs, I accomplished my goal. I feel confident in my ability to complete this process.
I decided to dive into learning how to deploy and host my own domain and projects myself. I landed on using a DigitalOcean Droplet running Ubuntu 24.04.
- Frontend Deployment
- The Reactjs portion of the project was built with
npm Nginx 1.24.0is being used as a reverse proxy, is serving the files, and is routing the API requests.
- The Reactjs portion of the project was built with
- Backend Deployment
dotnetto build and publish the API.dotnet efcorefor Migrations.systemdmanages the API lifecycle.
- Database
postgresql@16is running a dedicated cluster for the database.
- SSL/TLS Configuration
certbotcreated my.pemfiles for certificationletsencryptto secure my frontend and backend endpointsnginxto configure my project to useHTTPS
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