Resources

Official documentation for the technologies in your Nestled stack. If you're new to any of these, start with the ones marked as essential — they'll have the most impact on your day-to-day workflow.

Schema and database

Prisma

Your Prisma schema is the single source of truth for your entire application. Everything Nestled generates — the API, the types, the SDK — comes from this file. Time spent learning Prisma's data modeling pays off more than anything else.

• Prisma schema reference — Models, fields, relations, attributes, and comments
• Relations — One-to-one, one-to-many, many-to-many, and self-relations
• Prisma Client — Querying your database in custom services
• Prisma Migrate — Production-safe database migrations

PostgreSQL

Nestled uses PostgreSQL as its database. You rarely interact with it directly (Prisma handles that), but understanding its capabilities helps you design better schemas.

• PostgreSQL documentation — Official reference
• PostgreSQL tutorial — Beginner-friendly guide

API

NestJS

The API is built on NestJS — a TypeScript framework for building server-side applications with modules, dependency injection, and decorators. Your custom resolvers, services, and middleware all use NestJS patterns.

• NestJS documentation — Modules, providers, guards, interceptors, and middleware
• GraphQL with NestJS — How NestJS integrates with Apollo Server
• Guards — How auth guards work (used throughout Nestled's CRUD and custom resolvers)

GraphQL

Nestled generates a GraphQL API, and your custom resolvers extend it. Understanding GraphQL helps you write efficient queries and design your custom API surface.

• GraphQL documentation — Core concepts: queries, mutations, subscriptions, and schema design
• Apollo Server — The GraphQL server Nestled uses under the hood

Frontend

React Router 7

The web application uses React Router 7 in framework mode — with server-side rendering, file-based routing, loaders, and actions. Routes and layouts all follow React Router conventions.

• Framework mode — How Nestled uses React Router as a full-stack framework
• React Router documentation — Routing, loaders, actions, and SSR
• File-based routing — How file names map to routes

Apollo Client

Server state (GraphQL data) is managed with Apollo Client. The generated SDK gives you typed queries and mutations — Apollo Client handles caching, loading states, and refetching.

• Apollo Client documentation — Queries, mutations, caching, and subscriptions
• useQuery — Fetching data in React components
• useMutation — Writing data from React components

Tailwind CSS

All styling uses Tailwind CSS 4 with utility classes. The shared styles library provides the base configuration.

• Tailwind CSS documentation — Utility classes, responsive design, and customization

Infrastructure

Nx

The monorepo is managed by Nx, which handles project structure, task running, caching, and dependency graphs. You use Nx commands to serve, build, and test your applications.

• Nx documentation — Workspace structure, task running, and caching
• Nx CLI reference — All available commands

Docker

Development services (PostgreSQL, Redis, Mailhog) run in Docker containers. Production builds use a multi-stage Dockerfile.

• Docker documentation — Containers, Compose, and Dockerfiles
• Docker Compose — Multi-container applications

Integrations

Stripe

Subscription billing uses Stripe. The template includes checkout, webhooks, and subscription management — but you'll need to understand Stripe's concepts to customize your billing flow.

• Stripe documentation — Products, prices, subscriptions, and webhooks
• Stripe CLI — Local webhook testing with stripe listen
• Stripe Testing — Test card numbers and sandbox environment

Passport

Authentication uses Passport with JWT strategy. The template handles this for you, but understanding Passport helps if you need to add custom auth strategies (like additional OAuth providers).

• Passport documentation — Authentication strategies
• Passport JWT — JWT token strategy used by Nestled