lemming97 / e-commerce-back-end

13. Object-Relational Mapping (ORM) Challenge: E-commerce Back End

E-commerce-Back-End

Description

Employee Tracker is a content-management system (CMS). It is command-line application that manages a company's employee database, using Node.js, Inquirer, and MySQL.

Table of Contents

• User Story
• Acceptance Criteria
• Usage
• Installation
• Video
• Screenshots

User Story

AS A manager at an internet retail company
I WANT a back end for my e-commerce website that uses the latest technologies
SO THAT my company can compete with other e-commerce companies

Acceptance Criteria

GIVEN a functional Express.js API
WHEN I add my database name, MySQL username, and MySQL password to an environment variable file
THEN I am able to connect to a database using Sequelize
WHEN I enter schema and seed commands
THEN a development database is created and is seeded with test data
WHEN I enter the command to invoke the application
THEN my server is started and the Sequelize models are synced to the MySQL database
WHEN I open API GET routes in Insomnia for categories, products, or tags
THEN the data for each of these routes is displayed in a formatted JSON
WHEN I test API POST, PUT, and DELETE routes in Insomnia
THEN I am able to successfully create, update, and delete data in my database

Usage

To understand the fundamental architecture of e-commerce sites.

Installation

1. Clone the repository from GitHub
2. Install node.js
3. Run npm install to install dependencies. Dependencies include mysql, console.table, express, inquirer, and jest.
4. Run mysql -u root -p to start the database connection.
5. Updated connection.js file with your own mysql user password.
6. Create the database by running the command: source db/schema.sql.
7. Seed the database by running the command: source db/seeds.sql.
8. Start the Database by running the command: npm start.

Video

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Screenshots