akshaymittal143 / backend-webservice-using-node-and-express

This is a project for web services using Node and Express with other dependencies

Backend Webservice using NodeJs and Express

Getting Started

• npm start Will begin the server process using Nodemon.
• or gulp Gulp should open a new browser window for you, but if it doesn't, just point your browser to: localhost:3000
• I used postman for testing the API

Dependencies

• node.js
• express
• mongoose
• body-parser
• gulp
• gulp-nodemon
• sinon
• gulp-mocha
• gulp-env
• supertest
• First install node.js and mongodb. Then:

$ npm init
$ npm install express --save
$ npm install mongoose --save
$ npm install body-parser --save
$ npm install gulp --save
$ npm install gulp-nodemon --save
$ npm install gulp-mocha should sinon --save-dev
$ npm install gulp-env --save-dev
$ npm install supertest --save

To Run tests

• npm test

Setting up database

• Install MongoDB from here
• Create a C:/data/db folder
• Add Mongo folder to PATH
• Run mongod
• Run mongo
• Install Robo3t for MongoDB GUI
• create a database (eg. eventAPI)