When people think about deploying full stack applications in the cloud, they usually think about providers like Azure, AWS, GCP, their notoriously confusing user interfaces, complex CI/CD pipelines, expensive bills, etc. But what if you're working on a hobby project or just want to prototype something out really quick?

It doesn't have to be difficult! In this workshop we will go through the process of creating a simple full stack app, setting up a local development environment for it, and building a complete CI/CD pipeline for its deployment in the "hipster" cloud - with relative ease and zero cost.

We'll rely on (and possibly learn about) the following technologies:

• ASP.NET Core
• React (CRA + TypeScript)
• OpenAPI
• PostgreSQL
• Docker & Docker Compose
• Heroku
• Netlify
• GitHub Actions

Program:

• Introduction
• Overview of the technologies we'll be using
• Creating an ASP.NET Core API (w/ PostgreSQL)
• Running it locally in a Docker container
• Creating a React app
• Running it locally together with the API using Docker Compose
• Using OpenAPI to generate type-safe API client for use in the React app
• Setting up CI/CD pipeline using GitHub Actions
• Deploying the API to Heroku
• Deploying the app to Netlify
• Extrapolating: What's next?