Tiancai Server Beta - local set up

Set development environment

• Ask a teammate to send you a .env.dev file and copy .env.dev to the project folder.

Installation

• Make sure you have npm and node installed (reference: https://docs.npmjs.com/downloading-and-installing-node-js-and-npm).
• Install nvm and yarn (reference: https://gist.github.com/nijicha/e5615548181676873118df79953cb709).
• Change the version of node to 11 using nvm use 11.
• Install the dependencies using npm install --dev.

Database

• Create a postgres 9.4 docker container.
• Set POSTGRES_URI in .env.dev according to container's access URL.
• Create TIANCAI dastabase in postgres using TablePlus.
  1. Set host to be 127.0.0.1
  2. Set port to be the the one that configured in container's access URL

Run

• Run npm run dev or yarn dev.
• Api runs on localhost:1337.

Testing

• Ask a teammate give you the latest copy of postman collections.
• Or go ahead to set up the frontend dashboard and test via the GUI.