Weight Tracker Application

This is an application to help people track their weight over time.

It loosely follows the Controller-Service-Repo pattern found in most Java Spring Boot applications.

App URL:

https://afarhidev-weight-tracker-ed183f93bb4c.herokuapp.com/

Package/Folder Overview

config

Contains app config.

controller

Contains all the logic for handling/responding to requests.

middleware

Contains all the code for the middleware layer.

service

Contains most of the business logic.

repo

Contains logic for interacting with the storage layer.

scripts

Contains all scripts (build, local stuff, ect...)

model

Contains all data objects.

web

Contains html/css/js/images.

sql

Contains all SQL scripts.

Local DB setup steps (MacOS)

Install postgres 18

brew install postgresql@18

Start postgres

brew services start postgresql@18

Add postgres binaries to path

echo 'export PATH="/opt/homebrew/opt/postgresql@18/bin:$PATH"' >> ~/.zshrc

Apply update

source ~/.zshrc

Create the user and database

psql -d postgres -f ./sql/create_db_and_user.sql

Create the tables

psql -U wt_user -d wt_db -f ./sql/create_tables.sql

To run app locally

Install air

go install github.com/air-verse/air@latest

Run Makefile command

make local

Todos

• Unit testing.

• Make mobile look good.

• Add a logout feature.

• Add constraints to the weight entry forms to not allow floating numbers.

• Grid view that lets you edit and update.

• Add placeholder values for missing weight data.

• Add a prompt when the user first logs in and there is no target weight set.