Express Book Shoppe

This is a backend application built with Express and Postgres.

Table of Contents

• Express-Book-Shoppe
  • Table of Contents
  • General Information
  • Features
  • Run Locally
  • Routes
  • Technologies Used
  • Authors
  • Acknowledgements
  • Contact

General Information

This project was built as part of my time in the July 2022 cohort at Alchemy Code Lab in Portland, Oregon.

Features

This backend application uses Express to create a server and Postgres to create a database. It includes the functionality to Create Read Update and Delete books from the database.

Run Locally

Command	Description
npm start	Starts the app - should only be used in production as changes will not get reloaded
npm run start:watch	Runs the app using nodemon which watches for changes and reloads the app
npm test	Runs the tests once
npm run test:watch	Continually watches and runs the tests when files are updated
npm run setup-db	Sets up the database locally
npm run setup-heroku	Sets up the database on Heroku

Routes

• /books GET Gets a list of books
• /books/:id PUT Gets a particular book
• /authors GET Gets a list of authors
• /authors/:id DELETE Gets a particular author

Technologies Used

• JavaScript
• Express
• Babel
• Node
• Postgres
• Postman
• Jest
• Nodemon
• ESLint
• Prettier
• GitHub Actions

Authors

@Adam-Robson

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Alchemy Code Lab and instructor Julie Nisbet, who created the template for the project and was crucial in debugging along the way!

Contact

Feel free to reach out! I can be messaged through LinkedIn by clicking on the badge above or by emailing me at adamray312@gmail.com.