Acebook API

Acebook API is web service created using the Express framework and Mongoose.

Set up

1. Fork this repo to the account of one team member
2. Add the other team members as collaborators and clone it to each machine
3. Do brew install npm to get Node Package Manager
4. cd into the directory for this project and do npm install to install all the dependencies listed in package.json
5. Do node app.js to fire up the app!
6. Go to localhost:1234/posts/test to confirm that the application is running correctly
7. Sign up for the free tier of MongoDB Atlas
8. Create a new cluster on the free tier by following the prompts
9. When set up is complete, connect your application to the cluster by clicking on connect and following the prompts
10. Use Postman to create new posts using post requests
11. Use Postman to read entries from the DB using get requests

Skills Checklist

• I can understand how data is sent from Postman and returned from the server
• I understand how data is sent from the server to the DB and back
• I can add tests which cover the existing endpoints
• I can TDD a new endpoint that lists all posts
• I can adapt the application to use Pug templates

Resources

• Express
• Mongoose
• Pug templates
• Jest for unit tests
• Cypress for feature tests