TTP CRUD Project - Express Server

Quick Start

To start up dev server with nodemon:

# Run the appropriate command based on your system:
# On Mac/Linux:
npm run dev
# On Windows:
npm run dev_windows

Please make sure to create a .env file and save the LOCAL_DATABASE_PASSWORD variable if you are working locally.

LOCAL_DATABASE_PASSWORD=somePassword123

If you have no password, please pass an empty string in single-quotes like so:

LOCAL_DATABASE_PASSWORD=''

You can either:

Clone the repo and set up with your own GitHub account

You can use this Express Generator command, indicating the directory to build your project in instead of my-app:

npx express-generator --no-view --git my-app

It will not set a template engine (no need since you're creating an API). It will also create a .gitignore file for you.

Move into the directory and install dependencies

cd my-app
npm install

This is a good point to initialize a git repository and make your initial commit.

Install these dependencies via npm install

npm i compression dotenv helmet pgtools sequelize

I recommend installing nodemon

npm i --save-dev nodemon

Add the following to the list of scripts in package.json:

"dev": "npx nodemon ./bin/www"

Nodemon will automatically reload the server when file changes are detected.

npm run dev