Developers are often tasked with creating interfaces that make it easy for non-developers to view and interact with information stored in databases. Often these interfaces are known as Content Management Systems. In this homework assignment, your challenge is to architect and build a solution for managing a company's employees using node, inquirer, and MySQL.
Build a command-line application that at a minimum allows the user to:
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Add departments, roles, employees
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View departments, roles, employees
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Update employee roles
Design the following database schema containing three tables:
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department:
- id - INT PRIMARY KEY
- name - VARCHAR(30) to hold department name
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role:
- id - INT PRIMARY KEY
- title - VARCHAR(30) to hold role title
- salary - DECIMAL to hold role salary
- department_id - INT to hold reference to department role belongs to
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employee:
- id - INT PRIMARY KEY
- first_name - VARCHAR(30) to hold employee first name
- last_name - VARCHAR(30) to hold employee last name
- role_id - INT to hold reference to role employee has
- manager_id - INT to hold reference to another employee that manager of the current employee. This field may be null if the employee has no manager