Algowars Web

Web application built for algowars. This project uses Nextjs, tailwindcss, shadcn, vitest, and playwright.

Getting Started

Prerequisites

• Node.js 24.5 (matches CI).
• pnpm 11.10.0 — pinned via packageManager in package.json; corepack enable will pick it up automatically.
• A running algowars/server API, unless you're pointing NEXT_PUBLIC_API_SERVER_URL at a shared dev environment instead. See playwright/README.md for the local Postgres/RabbitMQ/API bootstrap steps.

Installation

This project uses pnpm. To install packages, run this command:

pnpm i

Environment Variables

To get started you first need create environment variables by running:

cp .env.example .env

And this will make a copy of the empty .env file. Then fill in:

• AUTH0_* — go into Auth0 and create a Next.js web application and an API, then fill in the resulting values. AUTH0_SECRET can be generated with openssl rand -hex 32.
• NEXT_PUBLIC_API_SERVER_URL — where the algowars/server API is reachable (http://localhost:5041 for a locally-running instance).
• NEXT_PUBLIC_CODEPREVIEW_ORIGIN — the origin serving the React-component-preview iframe runtime (see codepreview/). This is required: the app throws on startup if it's unset. Unless you're specifically working on that feature, point it at the shared dev deployment — ask a teammate for the current URL, or check the Preview GitHub Environment's variables.
• NEXT_PUBLIC_APPLICATIONINSIGHTS_CONNECTION_STRING is optional — telemetry is skipped when it's unset.

Running the app

pnpm dev

Serves the app at http://localhost:3000.

Linting and formatting

pnpm lint           # ESLint
pnpm format         # Prettier, writes changes
pnpm format:check   # Prettier, check only

Building for production

pnpm build
pnpm start

Testing

To test this project run these commands:

Standard run

pnpm test

Test with watch enabled

pnpm test --watch

Test with code coverage

pnpm test:coverage

CLI tool for more information: https://vitest.dev/guide/cli

E2E tests

End-to-end tests run against the real, integrated app (a running API, database, and Auth0 tenant) using Playwright. See playwright/README.md for prerequisites, how to run them locally, and the tagging system (@smoke, @regression, @critical).