nodejs-express-govuk-mysql

Database

1. Create an empty database
2. Run the following command from the base of your cloned directory to create the required database structure:

mysql --host=<localhost> --user=<your_username> --password=<your_password> <your_database_name> < employeesdb.sql

Properties file

1. Create a file in the app directory called 'dbconfig.json'
2. Add the following contents to the file:

{ 
    "connectionLimit": 10, 
    "host":     <database host>, 
    "user":     <username>,
    "password": <password>,
    "database": <database name>
}

How to start the nodejs-express-govuk-mysql application

1. Run npm install to build your application
2. Start application with npm start
3. To check that your application is running enter url http://localhost:3000/employees