Project tutorial
Build an AdonisJS Blog
Build Canopy Journal with AdonisJS, Edge, Bootstrap, Lucid, session auth, owned post CRUD, search, password recovery, and a Railway deployment.
How this project works
Canopy Journal is an original teaching blog in twelve complete snapshots. Clone once and run any numbered folder without rebuilding earlier stages.
The path starts with Adonis and routing, adds Edge and Bootstrap, then introduces isolated Postgres databases. Later parts add sessions, media, ownership, pagination, search, reset tokens, and Railway deploy notes.
Snapshots 4–12 seed [email protected] and [email protected] with password123.
Local Postgres runs through Docker Compose on host port 5440 with databases canopy_01–canopy_12.
Start with part 1 Open GitHub repo
Parts in order
Work through the parts in sequence. Each lesson explains the ideas in plain language, then points you to a complete runnable snapshot on GitHub for that stage.
- Part 1: Getting StartedCreate a minimal AdonisJS app on port 3002.
- Part 2: RoutingOrganize page routes with the Adonis router.
- Part 3: Layout and UIRender Edge pages with Bootstrap 5.
- Part 4: Data LayerPersist authors and posts with Lucid and PostgreSQL.
- Part 5: Feed and DetailBuild a database-backed feed and post detail pages.
- Part 6: RegistrationValidate accounts and store bcrypt password hashes.
- Part 7: Login and SessionsAuthenticate with Adonis session guards.
- Part 8: Profiles and MediaShow author profiles and accept constrained avatar uploads.
- Part 9: Posts CRUD and OwnershipCreate, edit, and delete posts with owner authorization.
- Part 10: Pagination and SearchPaginate the feed and search post text.
- Part 11: Password ResetIssue expiring one-use password reset tokens.
- Part 12: DeployPrepare Canopy Journal for Railway and managed Postgres.