NorthCoders Backend Project

Solo project for the backend block of the Northcoders remote software development bootcamp

Overview

This repository contains the files required in order to create a database and postgres based API for a website dedicated to reviewing boardgames.

Files included:

1. Data (test/development)
2. API utlizing express.js in the format of MVC
3. Test suites running jest / supertest for endpoints and functions
4. seed files in order to create a PSQL database

Local Developer Access

1. Fork and then clone repo

   eg. git clone https://insert repo link here

2. install npm dependencies

   
   npm install
   
   npm init -y

3. Create .env files in the root directory

   
   touch .env.test
   touch .env.development

4. Populate .env files with database names

   (db names can be found in /db/setup.sql)
   .env.test should contain: PGDATABASE=nc_games_test;
   .env.development should contain: PGDATABASE=nc_games;

5. Seed local databases

   (script can be found in package.json) npm run setupt-dbs

6. Run testing suites

   npm test