Enable Multi-App Run for JavaScript HTTP bindings quickstart

bindings/javascript/http/README.md

@@ -1,18 +1,30 @@
 # Dapr Bindings (HTTP)
 
-In this quickstart, you'll create a microservice to demonstrate Dapr's bindings API to work with external systems as inputs and outputs. The service listens to input binding events from a system CRON and then outputs the contents of local data to a PostreSql output binding. 
+In this quickstart, you'll create a microservice to demonstrate Dapr's bindings API to work with external systems as inputs and outputs. The service listens to input binding events from a system CRON and then outputs the contents of local data to a PostgreSQL output binding.
 
 Visit [this](https://docs.dapr.io/developing-applications/building-blocks/bindings/) link for more information about Dapr and Bindings.
 
-> **Note:** This example leverages only HTTP REST.  If you are looking for the example using the Dapr SDK [click here](../sdk).
+> **Note:** This example leverages only HTTP REST. If you are looking for the example using the Dapr SDK [click here](../sdk).
 
 This quickstart includes one service:
-
-- Javascript/Node.js service `bindings`
 
-### Run and initialize PostgreSQL container
+* Javascript/Node.js service `bindings`
 
-1. Open a new terminal, change directories to `../../db`, and run the container with [Docker Compose](https://docs.docker.com/compose/): 
+---
+
+## Prerequisites
+
+* [Docker](https://docs.docker.com/get-docker/)
+* [Dapr CLI](https://docs.dapr.io/getting-started/install-dapr-cli/)
+* Node.js 14+
+* npm
+* Initialize Dapr: `dapr init`
+
+---
+
+## Run and initialize PostgreSQL container
+
+1. Open a new terminal, change directories to `../../db`, and run the container with Docker Compose:
 
 <!-- STEP
 name: Run and initialize PostgreSQL container
@@ -28,9 +40,11 @@ docker compose up -d
 
 <!-- END_STEP -->
 
-### Run Javascript service with Dapr
+---
+
+## Run Javascript service with Dapr
 
-2. Open a new terminal window, change directories to `./batch` in the quickstart directory and run: 
+2. Open a new terminal window, change directories to `./batch` in the quickstart directory and install dependencies:
 
 <!-- STEP
 name: Install Javascript dependencies
@@ -44,14 +58,16 @@ cd ..
 
 <!-- END_STEP -->
 
+---
+
 3. Run the Javascript service app with Dapr:
 
 <!-- STEP
 name: Run batch-http service
 expected_stdout_lines:
-  - 'insert into orders (orderid, customer, price) values (1, ''John Smith'', 100.32)'
-  - 'insert into orders (orderid, customer, price) values (2, ''Jane Bond'', 15.4)'
-  - 'insert into orders (orderid, customer, price) values (3, ''Tony James'', 35.56)'
+  - 'insert into orders (orderid, customer, price) values (1, ''John Smith'', 100.32);'
+  - 'insert into orders (orderid, customer, price) values (2, ''Jane Bond'', 15.4);'
+  - 'insert into orders (orderid, customer, price) values (3, ''Tony James'', 35.56);'
   - 'Finished processing batch'
 expected_stderr_lines:
 output_match_mode: substring
@@ -64,3 +80,28 @@ dapr run -f .
 ```
 
 <!-- END_STEP -->
+
+The `-f` flag runs the application using the **Multi-App Run configuration** defined in `dapr.yaml`, automatically starting both the application and its Dapr sidecar.
+
+The cron input binding triggers the service every 10 seconds, and the service writes records to PostgreSQL using the output binding.
+
+---
+
+## Verify Data Persistence
+
+4. Open a new terminal window and run the following command to check the rows in the database:
+
+<!-- STEP
+name: Verify Data Persistence
+expected_stdout_lines:
+  - 'orderid |  customer  | price'
+  - '---------+------------+--------'
+expected_stderr_lines:
+output_match_mode: substring
+-->
+
+```bash
+docker exec postgres psql -U postgres -d orders -c "SELECT * FROM orders;"
+```
+
+<!-- END_STEP -->