Backend Install

First let’s get the backend from Github and get it installed:

# clone application into directory
git clone git@github.com:RestlessDev/todos_application_backend.git todos_backend

# enter the directory
cd todos_backend

# npm install
npm install

# copy the .env template
cp .env.template .env

A this point you’ll need to go to your PostgreSQL tool of choice; we recommend the PGAdmin.

You’ll need to complete the following steps:

Create a new database. We call ours todos.
Create a new user with all the permissions on that new database. We call ours todos_user. Choose a good password for this user.
Run the script located in <projectroot>/sql/todos.sql to create the tables.

Now you’ll need to update the .env file you just created with your new database parameters.

# database
RESTPGORM_DB_HOST=<your host name>
RESTPGORM_DB_PORT=5432
RESTPGORM_DB_USERNAME=<your user name>
RESTPGORM_DB_PASSWORD=<your password>
RESTPGORM_DB_NAME=<your database name>

If this has all worked successfully, you should be able to launch the server with the following command:

# start server
npm run start

The server will be running at port 8022 by default.

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