wasp/README.md

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Wasp (**W**eb **A**pplication **Sp**ecification) is a Rails-like framework for React, Node.js and Prisma.  
Build your app in a day and deploy it with a single CLI command!

### Why is Wasp awesome
- 🚀 **Quick start**: Due to its expressiveness, you can create and deploy a production-ready web app from scratch with very few lines of concise, consistent, declarative code.
- 😌 **No boilerplate**: By abstracting away complex full-stack features, there is less boilerplate code. That means less code to maintain and understand! It also means easier upgrades.
- 🔓 **No lock-in**: You can deploy Wasp app anywhere you like. There is no lock-in into specific providers, you have full control over the code (and can actually check it out in .wasp/ dir if you are interested ).

### Features
 🔒 Full-stack Auth, 🖇️ RPC (Client <-> Server), 🚀 Simple Deployment, ⚙ ️Jobs, ✉️ Email Sending, 🛟 Full-stack Type Safety, ...

### Code example

Simple Wasp config file in which you describe the high-level details of your web app:
```js
// file: main.wasp

app todoApp {
  title: "ToDo App",  // visible in the browser tab
  wasp: { version: "^0.11.0" },
  auth: { // full-stack auth out-of-the-box
    userEntity: User, methods: { email: {...} }
  }
}

route RootRoute { path: "/", to: MainPage }
page MainPage {
  authRequired: true, // Limit access to logged in users.
  component: import Main from "@client/Main.tsx" // Your React code.
}

query getTasks {
  fn: import { getTasks } from "@server/tasks.js", // Your Node.js code.
  entities: [Task] // Automatic cache invalidation.
}

entity Task {=psl  // Your Prisma data model.
    id          Int     @id @default(autoincrement())
    description String
    isDone      Boolean @default(false)
psl=}
```

The rest of the code you write in React / Node.js / Prisma and just reference it from the .wasp file.

:arrow_forward: Check out [TodoApp example](/examples/tutorials/TodoApp) for the complete code example. :arrow_backward:

### How it works

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Given a simple .wasp configuration file that describes the high-level details of your web app, and .js(x)/.css/..., source files with your unique logic, Wasp compiler generates the full source of your web app in the target stack: front-end, back-end and deployment.

This unique approach is what makes Wasp "smart" and gives it its super powers!

For more information about Wasp, check [**docs**](https://wasp-lang.dev/docs).

# Get started

Run
```
curl -sSL https://get.wasp-lang.dev/installer.sh | sh
```
to install Wasp on OSX/Linux/WSL(Win). From there, just follow the instructions to run your first app in less than a minute!

For more details check out [the docs](https://wasp-lang.dev/docs).

# This repository

This is the main repo of the Wasp universe, containing core code (mostly `waspc` - Wasp compiler) and the supporting materials.

# Project status

Currently, Wasp is in beta, with most features flushed out and working well.
However, there are still a lot of improvements and additions that we have in mind for the future, and we are working on them constantly, so you can expect a lot of changes and improvements in the future.

While the idea is to support multiple web tech stacks in the future, right now we are focusing on the specific stack: React + react-query, NodeJS + ExpressJS, Prisma.

# Contributing

Any way you want to contribute is a good way :)!

The best place to start is to check out [waspc/](waspc/), where you can find detailed steps for the first time contributors + technical details about the Wasp compiler.

Core of Wasp is built in Haskell, but there is also a lot of non-Haskell parts of Wasp, so you will certainly be able to find something for you!

Even if you don't plan to submit any code, just joining the discussion on discord [![Discord](https://img.shields.io/discord/686873244791210014?label=chat%20on%20discord)](https://discord.gg/rzdnErX) and giving your feedback is already great and helps a lot (motivates us and helps us figure out how to shape Wasp)!

You can also:
 - :star: Star this repo to show your interest/support.
 - :mailbox: Stay updated by subscribing to our [email list](https://wasp-lang.dev#signup).
 - :speech_balloon: Join the discussion at https://github.com/wasp-lang/wasp/discussions .

# Careers

Check our [careers](https://wasp-lang.notion.site/Wasp-Careers-59fd1682c80d446f92be5fa65cc17672) page for a list of currently opened positions!

# Sponsors

<a href="https://github.com/michelwaechter"><img src="https://github.com/michelwaechter.png" width="50px" alt="michelwaechter" /></a> - Our first sponsor ever! Thanks so much Michel ❤️ , from the whole Wasp Team, for bravely going where nobody has been before :)!

<a href="https://github.com/shayneczyzewski"><img src="https://github.com/shayneczyzewski.png" width="50px" alt="shayneczyzewski" /></a> - Thanks Shayne, for all the contributions you did so far and for your continuous support!

<a href="https://github.com/MarianoMiguel"><img src="https://github.com/MarianoMiguel.png" width="50px" alt="MarianoMiguel" /></a> - Big thanks Mariano for being one of our first sponsors and believing in us ❤️!

<a href="https://github.com/haseeb-heaven"><img src="https://github.com/haseeb-heaven.png" width="50px" alt="haseeb-heaven" /></a> - We are thankful for your support Heaven in this early stage of Wasp :)!