Prisma in Backend Directory or Frontend Directory? [closed]

Question

Where's the right project directory to put Prisma ? Backend Directory/Server or Frontend Directory/Server ?

Going for an Webapp with Nextjs, NextAuth(MagicLink), Prisma and PostgreSQL.

Every example that I see people use prisma inside Next folder which is frontend.

Answer 1

Yes you can separate frontend and backend to two different servers and Prisma should ideally be in the backend.

Here is a blog post which describes the best practices and a demo to create web app using NextAuth and Prisma.

Here is an official prisma-example to get you started with NextAuth and Prisma and also demonstrated the ideal practices which should be followed.