Should I use seperate backend
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RhinelanderOP
I have client that wants e-commerce, 2 marketing pages (each on its own subdomain), dashboard for admins and partners, and mobile app. Should I make seperate express backend or could i make everything inside Next.js with Next.js backend. All the apps would be inside same next.js app. Except mobile app that would be made with expo. I would use better-auth for unified auth across all services. Client really wants something simple so there won't be too complex logic anywhere. Feedback would be welcome. Should i use seperate backend should i split dashboard, ecomm, etc... in different next.js apps? Like I have no idea what might be good.
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American black bear
Really depends on complexity of the project. If you want something simple you can always use one next.js app and don't complicate things. You can even go with a premade solution such as Medusa.js for CMS part of e-commerce.
If you decide to split apps I at least suggest that you use a monorepo.
So in conclusion it is preference. Focus on getting a working product to your client as fast as possible, that means going with what you are comfortable with.
In my experience building e-commerce apps I would go with a Next.js for frontend, Medusa.js for backend and admin dashboard.
If you decide to split apps I at least suggest that you use a monorepo.
So in conclusion it is preference. Focus on getting a working product to your client as fast as possible, that means going with what you are comfortable with.
In my experience building e-commerce apps I would go with a Next.js for frontend, Medusa.js for backend and admin dashboard.
RhinelanderOP
Thank you for your suggestion. Project is really simple: e-commerce will have 20 products at max, mobile app won't have more than 4 features and total not more than 1000 users (private club / group). In this project partners are involved so I need something for them too - could that be done with medusa - in short it is some kind of program where people join for yearly subscription and they get special "card" (this card is also in digital version on the app) and essentially they get discounts with partners of this program so i need something where partners can manage what do they offer, admin dashboard for owner related stuff. But all that should under same auth system as I want paid members also to have discount in e-commerce and this discount to be automatically applied. Hope all this makes sense.