This example demonstrates Convex presence.
See this post to learn more.
Convex is a hosted backend platform with a
built-in database that lets you write your
database schema and
server functions in
TypeScript. Server-side database
queries automatically
cache and
subscribe to data, powering a
realtime useQuery
hook in our
React client. There are also
Python,
Rust,
ReactNative, and
Node clients, as well as a straightforward
HTTP API.
The database support NoSQL-style documents with relationships and custom indexes (including on fields in nested objects).
The
query
and
mutation
server functions have transactional,
low latency access to the database and leverage our
v8
runtime with
determinism guardrails
to provide the strongest ACID guarantees on the market:
immediate consistency,
serializable isolation, and
automatic conflict resolution via
optimistic multi-version concurrency control (OCC / MVCC).
The action
server functions have
access to external APIs and enable other side-effects and non-determinism in
either our
optimized v8
runtime or a more
flexible node
runtime.
Functions can run in the background via scheduling and cron jobs.
Development is cloud-first, with hot reloads for server function editing via the CLI. There is a dashbord UI to browse and edit data, edit environment variables, view logs, run server functions, and more.
There are built-in features for reactive pagination, file storage, reactive search, https endpoints (for webhooks), streaming import/export, and runtime data validation for function arguments and database data.
Everything scales automatically, and it’s free to start.