Docker

Overview

The Docker build is the least technically demanding option, and for this reason, I would recommend it for most development tasks:

• It requires the fewest resources (development is easily feasible with 8 GB of RAM).

• It requires the least CPU power.

• You can easily debug the frontend in the system browser.

The code consists of the following components:

1. /backend/, or more precisely, /backend/core for the business logic and /backend/actix-src for the web server

2. /frontend/looksyk for the Angular frontend

Running the app in Debug-Mode

Overview

To develop the app effectively, I recommend running the frontend and backend in debug mode. This ensures the source code is not optimized, but rather executed exactly as written. This makes debugging easier, as stack traces are more comprehensible and breakpoints can be set easily.

Please note that running in debug mode causes a significant performance drop in both the frontend and the backend. The performance observed in this mode does not reflect actual Looksyk performance. If you want to test performance, be sure to also test against production mode.

When testing the app, it is recommended to start both the backend and frontend components in debug mode.

The following are required as build dependencies:

• git to checkout the code from codeberg

• cargo to build the backend

• npm to build the frontend

Installation

First, the code must be checked out:

git clone https://codeberg.org/SebastianRzk/Looksyk

Then, it is recommended to install the frontend dependencies:

cd frontend/looksyk
npm i
npm install -g @angular/cli

Starting Looksyk

Looksyk can now be started.

• The frontend is started as follows:

cd frontend/looksyk
ng serve

• The backend is started as follows:

cd backend/src-actix
cargo run

Looksyk can now be accessed via the browser at the URL https://localhost:4200.