some "push to get dev working" stuff, and possibly found the problem test

.devcontainer/devcontainer.json

@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+{
+  "name": "Flyer Crawler Dev (Ubuntu 22.04)",
+  "dockerComposeFile": ["../compose.dev.yml"],
+  "service": "app",
+  "workspaceFolder": "/app",
+  "customizations": {
+    "vscode": {
+      "extensions": ["dbaeumer.vscode-eslint", "esbenp.prettier-vscode"]
+    }
+  },
+  "remoteUser": "root",
+  // Automatically install dependencies when the container is created.
+  // This runs inside the container, populating the isolated node_modules volume.
+  "postCreateCommand": "npm install",
+  "postAttachCommand": "npm run dev:container",
+  // Try to start podman machine, but exit with success (0) even if it's already running
+  "initializeCommand": "powershell -Command \"podman machine start; exit 0\""
+}

Dockerfile.dev

@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+# Use Ubuntu 22.04 (LTS) as the base image to match production
+FROM ubuntu:22.04
+
+# Set environment variables to non-interactive to avoid prompts during installation
+ENV DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
+
+# Update package lists and install essential tools
+# - curl: for downloading Node.js setup script
+# - git: for version control operations
+# - build-essential: for compiling native Node.js modules (node-gyp)
+# - python3: required by some Node.js build tools
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y \
+    curl \
+    git \
+    build-essential \
+    python3 \
+    && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+
+# Install Node.js 20.x (LTS) from NodeSource
+RUN curl -fsSL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_20.x | bash - \
+    && apt-get install -y nodejs
+
+# Set the working directory inside the container
+WORKDIR /app
+
+# Set default environment variables for development
+ENV NODE_ENV=development
+ENV NODE_OPTIONS='--max-old-space-size=8192'
+
+# Default command keeps the container running so you can attach to it
+CMD ["bash"]

compose.dev.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+version: '3.8'
+
+services:
+  app:
+    container_name: flyer-crawler-dev
+    build:
+      context: .
+      dockerfile: Dockerfile.dev
+    volumes:
+      # Mount the current directory to /app in the container
+      - .:/app
+      # Create a volume for node_modules to avoid conflicts with Windows host
+      # and improve performance.
+      - node_modules_data:/app/node_modules
+    ports:
+      - '3000:3000' # Frontend (Vite default)
+      - '3001:3001' # Backend API
+    environment:
+      - NODE_ENV=development
+      - DB_HOST=postgres
+      - DB_USER=postgres
+      - DB_PASSWORD=postgres
+      - DB_NAME=flyer_crawler_dev
+      - REDIS_URL=redis://redis:6379
+      # Add other secrets here or use a .env file
+    depends_on:
+      - postgres
+      - redis
+    # Keep container running so VS Code can attach
+    command: tail -f /dev/null
+
+  postgres:
+    image: docker.io/library/postgis/postgis:15-3.4
+    container_name: flyer-crawler-postgres
+    ports:
+      - '5432:5432'
+    environment:
+      POSTGRES_USER: postgres
+      POSTGRES_PASSWORD: postgres
+      POSTGRES_DB: flyer_crawler_dev
+    volumes:
+      - postgres_data:/var/lib/postgresql/data
+
+  redis:
+    image: docker.io/library/redis:alpine
+    container_name: flyer-crawler-redis
+    ports:
+      - '6379:6379'
+
+volumes:
+  postgres_data:
+  node_modules_data:

package.json

@@ -5,13 +5,15 @@
   "type": "module",
   "scripts": {
     "dev": "concurrently \"npm:start:dev\" \"vite\"",
+    "dev:container": "concurrently \"npm:start:dev\" \"vite --host\"",
     "start": "npm run start:prod",
     "build": "vite build",
     "preview": "vite preview",
-    "test": "NODE_ENV=test tsx ./node_modules/vitest/vitest.mjs run",
+    "test": "cross-env NODE_ENV=test tsx ./node_modules/vitest/vitest.mjs run",
+    "test-wsl": "cross-env NODE_ENV=test vitest run",
     "test:coverage": "npm run clean && npm run test:unit -- --coverage && npm run test:integration -- --coverage",
-    "test:unit": "NODE_ENV=test tsx ./node_modules/vitest/vitest.mjs run --project unit -c vite.config.ts",
-    "test:integration": "NODE_ENV=test tsx ./node_modules/vitest/vitest.mjs run --project integration -c vitest.config.integration.ts",
+    "test:unit": "NODE_ENV=test tsx --max-old-space-size=8192 ./node_modules/vitest/vitest.mjs run --project unit -c vite.config.ts",
+    "test:integration": "NODE_ENV=test tsx --max-old-space-size=8192 ./node_modules/vitest/vitest.mjs run --project integration -c vitest.config.integration.ts",
     "format": "prettier --write .",
     "lint": "eslint . --ext ts,tsx --report-unused-disable-directives --max-warnings 0",
     "type-check": "tsc --noEmit",
@@ -20,6 +22,7 @@
     "start:dev": "NODE_ENV=development tsx watch server.ts",
     "start:prod": "NODE_ENV=production tsx server.ts",
     "start:test": "NODE_ENV=test NODE_V8_COVERAGE=.coverage/tmp/integration-server tsx server.ts",
+    "db:reset:dev": "NODE_ENV=development tsx src/db/seed.ts",
     "db:reset:test": "NODE_ENV=test tsx src/db/seed.ts",
     "worker:prod": "NODE_ENV=production tsx src/services/queueService.server.ts"
   },
@@ -95,6 +98,7 @@
     "autoprefixer": "^10.4.22",
     "c8": "^10.1.3",
     "concurrently": "^9.2.1",
+    "cross-env": "^10.1.0",
     "eslint": "9.39.1",
     "eslint-config-prettier": "^9.1.0",
     "eslint-plugin-react": "7.37.5",

sql/initial_schema.sql

@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@ CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS public.stores (
   created_at TIMESTAMPTZ DEFAULT now() NOT NULL,
   updated_at TIMESTAMPTZ DEFAULT now() NOT NULL,
   created_by UUID REFERENCES public.users(user_id) ON DELETE SET NULL
+);
 COMMENT ON TABLE public.stores IS 'Stores metadata for grocery store chains (e.g., Safeway, Kroger).';
 
 -- 5. The 'categories' table for normalized category data.

vitest.config.ts

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 /// <reference types="vitest" />
+// vitest.config.ts
 import { defineConfig } from 'vitest/config';
 
 export default defineConfig({
@@ -6,12 +7,11 @@ export default defineConfig({
     globals: true,
     environment: 'jsdom',
     // This setup file is where we can add global test configurations
-    setupFiles: [
-      './src/tests/setup/tests-setup-unit.ts',
-      './src/tests/setup/mockHooks.ts',
-      './src/tests/setup/mockComponents.tsx'
-    ],
+    setupFiles: ['./src/tests/setup/tests-setup-unit.ts'],
+    // , './src/tests/setup/mockHooks.ts'
+    // removed this from above:       './src/tests/setup/mockComponents.tsx'
+
     // This line is the key fix: it tells Vitest to include the type definitions
-    include: ['src/**/*.test.tsx'],
+    include: ['src/**/*.test.{ts,tsx}'],
   },
 });