pearlhamilton / journal-server

Consoul.log - Server

Server to manage requests and data from the Consoul.log.

Installation & Usage

Installation

• Clone or download the repo.

Usage

• Open the terminal.
• Navigate to /server
• Type npm run dev to start server on port 3000

Technologies

• JavaScript
• Express
• Cors

Testing

• Jest
• Supertest

Process

• Setup initial server files and connected basic route
• Added inital GET and POST routes with expected status
• Implemented entry model and functions that returned/created the necessary data
• Added additional routes to PATCH entries with new comments and reacts
• Added save to JSON functionality
• Added search route and function

Wins & Challenges

Wins

• Managed to deploy a functional site using Heroku!
• Using multiple controllers
• Read/write to JSON

Challenges

• Elusive bugs!
• Managing JSON data

Bugs

• There is limited error handling on some routes

Licence

• MIT licence