Advantages & Comparison

Comparison with other starters and advantages over them.

Improvements over some frontend-only starters

Monorepo project with a backend package, which includes a demo Move contract with automated tests
A cli tool for easy project creation create-sui-dapp
Automatic backend->frontend integration (your frontend knows about your deployed package automatically)
Integrated Local Sui Explorer

Separate project with contributor-friendly license (MIT) to easier use and contribute.
Monorepo architecture with pnpm workspaces.
VSCode plugin recommendations enabled.
infra: Created Local Sui Explorer based on the discontinued project by MystenLabs and adapted it to our local needs.
infra: Created Local Sui Explorer console management tool.
frontend: Import alias "~~" to make the imports cleaner.
frontend: Cleaner main.tsx with reactRender() function.
frontend: SuiProvider to encapsulate all Sui-related providers.
frontend: Tailwind CSS for easier styling with auto-ordering Tailwind classes through Prettier.
frontend: Opinionated Prettier configuration to make code cleaner.
frontend: Support for all networks (localnet, devnet, testnet, mainnet).
frontend: Layout component to let developers focus on the app-specific UI.
frontend: Support for dark/light theme switching.
frontend: Implemented UI notifications, integrated with Local Sui Explorer.
frontend: Developed several useful hooks and UI components: useNetworkType, NetworkType, useBalance, Balance, useFaucet, Faucet, NetworkSupportChecker.
frontend: Added Firebase, Walrus Sites and Arweave deployment configuration and commands.
backend: Simplified network management commands via Suibase.
backend: Added an On-Chain Randomness and Sui Object Display usage examples.
frontend/backend: A script to automatically copy the deployed package ID to the frontend app configuration after deployment.