Infrastructure and Services

Service Inventory (Plain English)

Heroku

• Purpose: runs the backend API in hosted environments.
• Evidence in repo: .github/workflows/deploy.yml deploys selected branches/environments to Heroku apps.

MongoDB

• Purpose: primary database for users, posts, messages, chats, subscriptions, and other app entities.
• Evidence in repo: src/database/models/*, test workflow starts MongoDB service.

Redis

• Purpose: supports real-time/event patterns (for example pub/sub-backed behavior).
• Evidence in repo: Redis service is started in CI tests, and project includes Redis/pubsub packages.

Firebase (Auth Emulator + Admin SDK)

• Purpose: authentication-related workflows and local auth emulation for tests/dev.
• Evidence in repo: start:emulator and test scripts run Firebase Auth emulator; utilities include Firebase admin setup.

Stripe

• Purpose: payment/subscription events.
• Evidence in repo: /stripe webhook route in src/server.js, payment module/resolvers in src/api/modules/payment/.

SendGrid / Email stack

• Purpose: transactional and notification emails.
• Evidence in repo: src/templates/*.hbs, src/helpers/sendgridmail.js, mail helpers/utilities.

Jira webhook integration

• Purpose: integrates bug/safety workflow automation.
• Evidence in repo: /jira webhook route and src/webhooks/jira.js.

GitHub Actions

• Purpose: automated linting, testing, and deployments.
• Evidence in repo: .github/workflows/lint.yml, test.yml, deploy.yml.

Quality and Developer Tooling

Husky

• Purpose: runs checks before code is committed.
• Current behavior in this repo: pre-commit runs npm test.
• Value: catches failing tests before changes are shared.

ESLint

• Purpose: static analysis for JavaScript code quality and consistency.
• Current behavior in this repo: lint script and CI lint workflow.

Jest

• Purpose: automated tests for backend behavior.
• Current behavior in this repo: PR test workflow with service dependencies.