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Building a Full-Stack App with Remix, Prisma, and MySQL
When it comes to building fast, slick, and resilient user experiences, Remix is a top-notch full-stack web framework that lets you focus on the UI while leveraging web standards. In this tutorial, we’ll explore how to create a simple contact-list app using Remix, Prisma, and MySQL as the database. You’ll learn about data modeling with Prisma ORM, database integration, API endpoint creation, and frontend integration using Remix’s component-based architecture.
Getting Started
To begin, set up your development environment by running the command to install the necessary dependencies. Once installed, initialize Prisma ORM in your project and connect it to your MySQL database.
Connecting to the MySQL Database
Next, connect to your MySQL database by running a command to initialize the Prisma directory in your project folder. This will create a schema.prisma file and an env file where you’ll implement your database connection. Use MySQL Workbench to create a new database connection, and then set the DATABASE_URL in your .env file.
Seeding Data into the Database
Seeding data involves filling your database with preliminary data. Create a new seed.ts file in your Prisma directory, and add code to seed data into your created database. Run the command to insert the seed data, and then confirm the seeded data by running a query in your MySQL WorkBench.
Building the Backend with Prisma
Now, let’s build the backend with Prisma. Create methods to create, read, update, and delete contacts using the PrismaClient method. Start by creating a getAllContacts method to retrieve all contacts from your database. Then, create a getContactById method to retrieve a single contact. Next, create createContact, updateContact, and deleteContact methods to perform CRUD operations.
Setting up the Frontend with Remix
In this section, we’ll work on the frontend part of the project. Create the UI and perform CRUD operations on the UI based on the methods you created using Prisma. Start by rendering all contact lists using the getAllContacts method. Then, create a Link component to wrap the contact’s name, allowing users to navigate to the contact’s page. Create a new file to handle the dynamic contact route, and add code to load the data for a specific contact route using the LoaderFunction.
Creating, Updating, and Deleting Contacts
To create a new contact, create a new file with a .new addition to the route filename. Add code to create a new contact logic using the action function. To update a contact, create a new file with an edit.$contactId filename. Add code to load the data for this route using the LoaderFunction, and then update the contact using the updateContact function. To delete a contact, add code to the contact.$contactId file to delete the contact using the deleteContact function.
Deployment
Finally, deploy your Remix app using Fly, the preferred deployment provider. Visit the deployment docs on Fly for a step-by-step guide on deploying your Remix app.
By following this tutorial, you’ve learned how to build a basic full-stack application using Remix, Prisma, and MySQL. You’ve set up the development environment, initialized Prisma, worked with data schemas, seeded data, created API routes, and performed CRUD operations.