rraju002 / 12-mysql-employee-tracker

Create an app that tracks information in databases that can be pulled to a console as a functional script. Build a solution for managing a company's employees using node, inquirer, and MySQL.

12-mysql-employee-tracker

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.

• Live Link to Demo

Demo

Description

• Functional application.

• GitHub repository with a unique name and a README describing the project.

• The command-line application should allow users to:

  • Add departments, roles, employees

  • View departments, roles, employees

  • Update employee roles

User Story

As a business owner
I want to be able to view and manage the departments, roles, and employees in my company
So that I can organize and plan my business

Tech Used

• inquirer
• mySQL
• console.table
• Javascript
• Node.js

Installation

1. Clone from GitHub
2. Open project directory, then npm install to install all required dependencies

Usage

1. install npm init -y to create a new .json file
2. npm i
3. npm i inquirer
4. npm i mysql
5. npm i console.table
6. make sure to run .sql file in mySQL workbench before running server.js so that tables are able to render correctly
7. run node server.js
8. make sure server.js is connected to SQL before continuing
9. run through prompts as required

Repository

• Project Repo

Contributions

1. 
2. No front end files required.
3. use seed.sql to create an existing table to pull sample information from to make it easier to run through the app.