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RxDB
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Ask HN: How Can I Make My Front End React to Database Changes in Real-Time?
I'm interested in this problem also!
I think there is a large overlap with projects that market/focus on offline-first experiences.
AFAIK this problem can be solved by:
1) Considering a client-side copy of the database that gets synced with the remote DB. This is an approach [PowerSync](https://www.powersync.com/) and [ElectricSql](https://electric-sql.com/) and [rxdb](https://rxdb.info/) take!
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You can't leak users' data if you don't hold it
Hey, after I posted that, I went and gave a second look online to see if I could find something that would allow me to develop a local-first app with offline persistence and syncing capabilities.
I ended up finding some possibilities out there that could potentially help me build stuff. One of them is RxDB [1], which offers WebRTC syncing - you'd still need a signaling server, I suppose, but all sensitive information could be synced E2E-encrypted via WebRTC.
Then there's CRDT's [2], which is a universe that turned out to have multiple possibilities that match (at least partially) my needs. In particular, the next thing I want to take a look at is cr-sqlite [3], which might be just thing I needed to kick-off some side-projects.
I'm posting here cause I just found some hope of not needing to build a traditional client-server app and having to deal with all the hassle involved in securing a server (and with fear that my efforts could be not good enough), and I thought someone else could benefit from getting to know these things.
[1] https://rxdb.info/
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SignalDB: Bringing Meteor-Like Reactivity to the Modern Age
About a year ago, I discovered a cool offline-first framework called RxDB. Initially, I thought that on the frontend side, this was exactly what I had been searching for over the past years. After tinkering around and even using it in production for some time, I realized that it wasn't well-suited for my intended use. RxDB was initially created as an RxJS layer for PouchDB with a server replication interface. Over time, other storage types besides PouchDB were introduced (e.g., IndexedDB, SQLite) and the replication interface became more sophisticated. The replication interface is really cool and exactly what I wanted. The biggest problem I have with RxDB is that it is so tightly coupled with RxJS. While RxJS is technically very powerful, it offers a dreadful developer experience. It's really hard to understand at first and integrating it into an existing codebase, which isn't using RxJS, is tedious.
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Show HN: ElectricSQL, Postgres to SQLite active-active sync for local-first apps
Congrats to the team. Once I’ve tried https://rxdb.info/ and it wasn’t funny at all to do the remote replication (PG) and to deal with conflicts. I do need to check this out!
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What is the best DB for offline-first?
RxDB (Open Source but paid plugins)
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RxDB VS signaldb - a user suggested alternative
2 projects | 1 Aug 2023
- RxDB: The Local Database for JavaScript Applications
- RxDB - The local Database for JavaScript Applications
- Best offline&local database to use with electron?
- Offline First
workbox
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A deep-dive on a Progressive Web App implementation for a React-based App Platform (DHIS2)
We use the Workbox library and its utilities as a foundation for our service worker.
- Workbox: JavaScript Libraries for Progressive Web Apps
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are PWA supposed to work offline ?
Btw, Workbox is effectively deprecated now. The dev in charge of it left Google for a real company 6+ months ago and no one has filled his shoes. The other day, the lady who is "maintaining" it now finally acknowledged that nothing is going to happen to it any time soon. https://github.com/GoogleChrome/workbox/issues/3149
- New React docs pretend SPAs don't exist anymore
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[AskJS] technology stack for PWA, ServiceWorker and offline first web app?
Start from the https://github.com/GoogleChrome/workbox
- How to make your website work offline
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Allowing users to fully cache a website for offline use?
Look into Workbox if you're okay writing code for that or Progressier otherwise.
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Service Worker Caching Strategies
If you want to try some of these patterns, you can use the https://developers.google.com/web/tools/workbox library that provides all the features out-of-the-box.
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Vite in the browser
Here is an example using workbox.
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Custom Service Worker Logic in Typescript on Vite
I recently had a tiny website project which I wanted to make available offline. This is achieved by adding a Service Worker. And thanks to projects like workbox, getting basic functionality like caching for offline-use is fairly easy to set up.
What are some alternatives?
WatermelonDB - 🍉 Reactive & asynchronous database for powerful React and React Native apps ⚡️
Socket.io - Realtime application framework (Node.JS server)
TypeORM - ORM for TypeScript and JavaScript. Supports MySQL, PostgreSQL, MariaDB, SQLite, MS SQL Server, Oracle, SAP Hana, WebSQL databases. Works in NodeJS, Browser, Ionic, Cordova and Electron platforms.
comlink - Comlink makes WebWorkers enjoyable.
PouchDB - :koala: - PouchDB is a pocket-sized database.
redux - A JS library for predictable global state management
Prisma - Next-generation ORM for Node.js & TypeScript | PostgreSQL, MySQL, MariaDB, SQL Server, SQLite, MongoDB and CockroachDB
lighthouse - Automated auditing, performance metrics, and best practices for the web.
ObjectBox Java (Kotlin, Android) - Java and Android Database - fast and lightweight without any ORM
vite - Next generation frontend tooling. It's fast!
Sequelize - Feature-rich ORM for modern Node.js and TypeScript, it supports PostgreSQL (with JSON and JSONB support), MySQL, MariaDB, SQLite, MS SQL Server, Snowflake, Oracle DB (v6), DB2 and DB2 for IBM i.
angular-styleguide - Angular Style Guide: A starting point for Angular development teams to provide consistency through good practices.