Building a Learning Management System with SvelteKit and PocketBase

Overview

This tutorial demonstrates how to build a Learning Management System (LMS) using SvelteKit and PocketBase.
It includes building login pages, setting up courses, adding course content, updating course details, and more.

Login Page: Provides a login form.
Courses Page: Displays a table of created courses (published and drafts).
New Course Setup: Initializes a new course by setting the title and ensuring it is unpublished initially.
Course Setup Page: Steps to complete before publishing a course include setting title, description, image, category, and adding chapters.
Image Upload: Implementing drag and drop or file choice for images within the 4MB limit.
Adding Course Category: Features a category dropdown and modifying the settings to select a category.
Pricing: Setting up pricing for the course and ensuring it matches local currency formats.
Resources and Attachments: Adding resources like text, PDFs, videos with similar drag and drop functionality.
Chapters: Creating chapters, marking them as drafts or published, and ensuring at least one chapter is published before the course can be published.
Reorder Chapters: Utilizing drag-and-drop to reorder course chapters.

Course Details Update: Editing already provided details like title, description, and image.
Display and Update Status: Notification banners for unpublished courses or updated course details.
Navigation and Routing: Using SvelteKit's routing system to handle navigation and page rendering.
Advanced Form Handling: Utilizing SvelteKit SuperForms for form validation and processing.
Optimistic UI Updates: Implementing UI updates to reflect immediately for actions like adding or deleting attachments before server confirmation.

SvelteKit Installation: Initializing SvelteKit project, setting configurations, and ensuring TailwindCSS is set up using SvelteKit CLI.
PocketBase Setup: Setting up a local PocketBase server, initializing client SDK, and establishing server-side actions.
Environment Configuration: Adding environment-specific settings such as server hooks for initializing PocketBase, using TypeScript, TailwindCSS configurations for custom styles, and auto-loading fonts.

Setting Up Forms: Creating diverse forms for course creation and updates using SuperForms and Zod for schema validation.
Form Enhancements: Toggling between view and edit mode for different fields, displaying tooltips, notifications, and handling form states.
Dynamic Content Loading: Loading dynamic content based on user actions and pre-filled values from the database.
Multipart Form Handling: Handling file uploads within the forms using form-data and custom file validation.
State Management: Handling form state transitions, validation errors, and success messages.

Reusable Components: Creating reusable components (buttons, badges, avatars, etc.) using Tailwind Variants and encapsulating styles for consistency.
Dynamic Content Rendering: Implementing components to render dynamic content such as courses, chapters, and attachments based on user interactions.
Optimistic UI Updates: Using SvelteKit's store and update functions to reflect changes immediately before backend confirmation.
Real-time Updates: Ensuring the UI remains responsive and up-to-date with the user's actions through reactive programming principles.

Common Issues: Troubleshooting common errors related to PocketBase setup, schema mismatches, and connectivity issues.
Debugging Techniques: Using VSCode extensions, inspecting network requests, and leveraging console logs for effective debugging.
Ensuring Robustness: Implementing proper error boundaries, validating user inputs, and handling edge cases to ensure a seamless user experience.

Styling and UI Improvements: Enhancing UI using TailwindCSS, customizing component styles, and ensuring mobile responsiveness.
Deployment Preparation: Preparing the application for deployment by optimizing builds, configuring environment variables, and setting up deployment scripts.

The tutorial covered creating a robust LMS with SvelteKit and PocketBase, focusing on modular architecture, dynamic content handling, user-driven interactions, and form management.