SaaSer Prototype
Have you ever worked with a product engineering team for a SaaS product? Do multitenant setups keep you up at night?
The SaaSer Prototype (or SaaS App Control Plane) was built with the goal of allowing developers and system stakeholders to easily manage administrative tasks via an internal only web portal. It allows for visibility into how the system is running, and acts as a centralized point for SaaS configuration. Integrated with the AWS SDK, the portal allows for management of the entire stack of the SaaS product. Future enhancements included more robust configuration promotions, application backups and restores, user and role migrations, as well as tenant operations such as moving databases and/or workloads to different clusters.
Frontend
React 18 - UI library with functional components and hooks
TypeScript - Type safety and enhanced development experience
Vite - Fast build tool and development server
Wouter - Lightweight client-side routing
TanStack Query (React Query) - Server state management and caching
Tailwind CSS - Utility-first CSS framework
shadcn/ui - Pre-built UI component library
Radix UI - Accessible headless UI primitives
Lucide React - Icon library
React Hook Form - Form handling with validation
Zod - Schema validation
Framer Motion - Animation library
Backend
Node.js 20 - JavaScript runtime
Express.js - Web application framework
TypeScript with tsx - Type-safe server-side development
AWS SDK v3 - Complete AWS service integration
Batch, ECS, ECR, RDS, CloudWatch, CloudWatch Logs
Drizzle ORM - Type-safe database operations
PostgreSQL - Production database
In-memory storage - Development data layer
Express Session - Session management
Passport.js - Authentication middleware
AWS Services Integration
AWS Batch - Job queue and execution management
Amazon ECS - Container orchestration
Amazon ECR - Container registry
Amazon RDS - Managed database services
CloudWatch - Monitoring and metrics
CloudWatch Logs - Centralized logging
Development Tools
Hot Module Replacement (HMR) - Live reloading during development
ESBuild - Fast bundling and transpilation
PostCSS - CSS processing
Autoprefixer - CSS vendor prefixing
Key Features
Real-time monitoring of AWS resources
Batch job management with status tracking
Multi-environment support (dev, staging, production)
Configuration promotion between environments
Application management with user roles
Comprehensive logging and activity tracking
Dark/light theme support
Responsive design for all screen sizes
The application follows modern full-stack patterns with a focus on AWS cloud infrastructure management, providing a unified interface for development teams to manage their cloud resources efficiently.