QuickPoll

A tiny but production-minded full-stack polling app. Create a poll, share the link, vote, see live results.

Stack

Layer	Tech
Backend	Node.js + Express + TypeScript
Database	PostgreSQL + Prisma
Cache	Redis
Auth	JWT in httpOnly cookies
Frontend	React + TypeScript + Vite
UI	shadcn/ui + Tailwind
State	Zustand + TanStack Query

Features

• Register and login
• Create a poll with multiple options
• Share poll via link
• Vote once per poll, change your vote anytime
• Live results with animated progress bars
• Redis cached results
• Dark mode

Getting Started

# 1. Start Docker services (Postgres + Redis + pgAdmin)
docker compose up -d

# 2. Backend
cd backend && npm install
cp .env.example .env   # fill in values
npx prisma migrate dev
npm run dev            # http://localhost:3000

# 3. Frontend
cd frontend && npm install
cp .env.example .env   # fill in values
npm run dev            # http://localhost:5173

Docs

• Backend README
• Frontend README
• Redis Notes

License

MIT