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README

messing around with the newer versions of things, this may end up functionally identical to node express api but with sessions.

get this puppy up and running:

• Fork, Clone, and yarn install
• Copy .env.example to .env and update any necessary envs
• Create databases: $ createdb practice_exp_app_test AND $ createdb practice_exp_app_development
• Run tests: $ yarn test
• Run linter: $ yarn lint
• Run coverage tools:
  • see in terminal: $ yarn coverage
  • see interactive version in browser:
    1. $ yarn report
    2. copy the full path of practice-exp-app/coverage/lcov-report/index.html and dump it into the "url" of a browser
• Stand it up: $ yarn start

curl

• No cookies: $ curl http://localhost:3000/
• Sign up and store a cookie to reuse: $ curl -c ./tmp/curlCookies -X POST -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d '{"email":"elowyn@example.com", "password": "password", "firstName": "Elowyn", "lastName": "Platzer Bartel", "birthYear": "2015", "student": "true"}' http://localhost:3000/users
• use a stored cookie: $ curl -b ./tmp/curlCookies http://localhost:3000/users/me

references

• Express
• Mocha
• Chai (just using expect for now... might switch to expect)
• PG (aka node-postgres)
• express-session and connect-pg-simple
• How to use cookies with curl
• Stop using JWT for sessions

how did this get started?

1. barebones structure

   • $ npx express-generator --no-view --git practice-exp-app, cd into directory, and open in text editor

   • $ yarn add --dev mocha

   • $ yarn add --dev chai

   • add a dummy test under test/setup_test.js to ensure setup is correct:

     const expect = require('chai').expect
     
     describe('Basic test', function() {
       it('should equate true to true', function() {
         expect(true).to.equal(false);
       });
     });
     

   • add test script to package.json: "test": "mocha"

   • run test, change code, run test from here on out...

   • change test to expect true to equal true

2. get rid of view cruft

   • $ yarn add --dev supertest

   • Add tests: first under /test/routes/index_test.js, second under test/routes/users_test.js

     const request = require('supertest');
     const { expect } = require('chai');
     
     const app = require('../../app.js');
     
     describe('Root path', async () => {
       it('returns greeting', async () => {
         const res = await request(app)
           .get('/')
           .expect(200);
     
         expect(res.err).to.be.undefined; // eslint-disable-line no-unused-expressions
         expect(res.text).to.equal('oh hai!');
       });
     });

     const request = require('supertest');
     const { expect } = require('chai');
     
     const app = require('../../app.js');
     
     describe('User', async () => {
       it('root path returns reminder to update route', async () => {
         const res = await request(app)
           .get('/users')
           .expect(200);
     
         expect(res.err).to.be.undefined; // eslint-disable-line no-unused-expressions
         expect(res.text).to.equal('respond with a reeeeeesource');
       });
     });

   • Update index route to get the test passing, then update user test to pass.

   • Remove cruft:

     • view directory and references
     • public directory and references
3. Add a linter
   • $ yarn add eslint --dev
   • add lint script to package.json: "lint": "eslint --init" and run to create basic setup
   • update script to run linter: "lint": "eslint --ignore-path .gitignore .",
   • continuously run linter after any code changes
   • add mocha: true to the exports.env section
   • review errors and update repository