lawgamble / starter-tracing-back-end

Starter code for the "Connecting it all: Tracing Errors" checkpoint in the Thinkful curriculum.

Tracing Backend Application

This starter code for the "Connecting it all: Tracing Errors" checkpoint in the Thinkful curriculum.

Existing files

As you work through the "Connecting it all: Tracing Errors" checkpoint, you will be writing code traces requests through your server.

The table below describes the files and folders in the starter code:

| Folder/file path | Description | | ---------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | knexfile.js | Knex configuration file. | | src/app.js | Directs requests to the appropriate routers. || | src/articles/articles.controller.js | The controller for the articles resource | | src/articles/articles.router.js | The router for the articles resource | | src/articles/articles.service.js | The service for the articles resource | | src/db/connection.js | Database connection module. | | src/db/migrations | A folder that contains the knex migrations | | src/db/seeds | A folder that contains the knex see data | | src/errors | folder where you will find several functions for handle various errors. | | src/server.js | Starts the server on localhost:5000 by default. | | .env.sample | A sample environment configuration file

This starter code closely follows the best practices and patterns established in the Robust Server Structure module.

Installation

1. Fork and clone this repository.
2. Copy .env.sample to .env.
3. Run npm install to install project dependencies.
4. Run npm run start:dev to start your server in development mode.

Database setup

1. Set up a new ElephantSQL database instance by following the instructions in the "PostgreSQL: Creating & Deleting Databases" checkpoint.
2. In your .env file, set the DATABASE_URL to the database connection url for your new database
3. Run npx knex migrate:latest to migrate the database schema
4. Run npx knex seed:run to seed some article data into the database

If you have trouble getting the server to run, reach out for assistance.