Application Overview and Project Setup with Gemini

In this chapter, we’ll build a complete data-driven web app from scratch using Gemini CLI. The idea is to see how Gemini fits into creating a full stack project with a UI, application logic, and a database.

Our example project will be a bug tracker, a useful tool that allows us to explore a real-world development workflow. We’ll go step by step, from scaffolding the project to adding features and keeping the code clean, with Gemini acting as our coding partner.

The scenario: From a simple spreadsheet to a professional tool

Consider that we are working as software engineers on a small, fast-moving team. Using a shared spreadsheet, we have managed our project’s bug reports for the past few months. While this worked initially, our project’s complexity has grown, and the spreadsheet is now becoming a bottleneck rather than a help.

The data is inconsistent; one person might list a status as “Done,” while another writes “Fixed.” ...