dnku / haifa-dev-backend

back-end repo for haifa dev website

haifa:dev / server

Prerequisites

• You need a PostgreSQL database installed and configured. You can get PostgreSQL from here.

• You need git to clone the project repository. You can get git from here.

• You must have Node.js and its package manager (npm) installed. You can get them from here.

• You can run PostgreSQL with Docker:

docker-compose up -d
# OR
sudo docker run --name postgres -e POSTGRES_PASSWORD=postgres -d -p 5432:5432 postgres

Getting started

• Open the terminal at the project directory and run the command:

npm install
cp .env.example .env
npm run db:init
npm start

• On Windows:

npm install
copy .env.example .env
npm run db:init
npm start

• You should see the server running with the output:

Listening on port 5000
Connection to database established successfully

Now browse to the app at localhost:5000.