PocketBudget Stream #1 Recap

PocketBudget, a budgeting app, has been started. Here's a recap of the first stream.

What is PocketBudget

PocketBudget is an envelope budgeting app. It's philosphy is to budget every dollar into a pocket (aka category) to be spent.

Why?

I want to build a budgeting app. I also want to replace my current budgeting app with the one I'm building.

What's the stack?

Backend

• Swift

• PostgreSQL

iOS App

• SwiftUI

More apps to be decided later, but I need to completely build the iOS app and backend.

Goals from the stream

• Create backend repo

• Get 1st build of Hummingbird working

• Add PostgreSQL

• Configure docker to run the database and server

What happened

• Created the backend GitHub repo using the Hummingbird template

• Was able to build and run the server after running configure

• Started to implement Fluent then completely over thought what an "in memory" database meant so pivoted to PostgresNIO to follow the tutorial/guides more on Hummingbird's website

• Added a docker-compose file to run the server and database at the same time and was able to see my table in TablePlus, the app I use to inspect databases.

What's next?

You can catch the next stream live or watch all the replays on my coding YouTube channel.

Goals:

• Create a user

• Delete a user

• Update a user's display name

Stretch goals

• Budget model

• Add a budget table

• Create a budget related to a user