added env files for production

frontend/.env.development

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+DATABASE_URL=postgresql://postgres:makingwarmhomes@db:5432/postgres

frontend/.env.production

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+DATABASE_URL=postgresql://postgres:makingwarmhomes@terraform-20250331175522503500000002.cdgzupxvdyp0.eu-west-2.rds.amazonaws.com:5432/surveyDB

frontend/.gitignore

@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ yarn-error.log*
 .pnpm-debug.log*
 
 # env files (can opt-in for committing if needed)
-.env*
+# .env*
 
 # vercel
 .vercel

frontend/package.json

@@ -9,19 +9,25 @@
     "lint": "next lint"
   },
   "dependencies": {
+    "dotenv": "^16.5.0",
+    "drizzle-orm": "^0.44.0",
+    "next": "15.3.2",
+    "pg": "^8.16.0",
+    "postgres": "^3.4.7",
     "react": "^19.0.0",
-    "react-dom": "^19.0.0",
-    "next": "15.3.2"
+    "react-dom": "^19.0.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
-    "typescript": "^5",
+    "@eslint/eslintrc": "^3",
+    "@tailwindcss/postcss": "^4",
     "@types/node": "^20",
+    "@types/pg": "^8.15.2",
     "@types/react": "^19",
     "@types/react-dom": "^19",
-    "@tailwindcss/postcss": "^4",
-    "tailwindcss": "^4",
+    "drizzle-kit": "^0.31.1",
     "eslint": "^9",
     "eslint-config-next": "15.3.2",
-    "@eslint/eslintrc": "^3"
+    "tailwindcss": "^4",
+    "typescript": "^5"
   }
 }

frontend/src/app/db/db.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+import { drizzle } from 'drizzle-orm/postgres-js';
+import postgres from 'postgres';
+
+if (!process.env.DATABASE_URL) {
+  throw new Error("DATABASE_URL is not defined in environment variables");
+}
+
+
+const queryClient = postgres(process.env.DATABASE_URL);
+const db = drizzle({ client: queryClient });
+const result = await db.execute('select 1');