emmanueletti / backend-inventory-management

A RESTful API with a visual dashboard that allows users to Create, Edit, Delete, and View a list of inventory items.

Inventory Management API

A RESTful API with a visual dashboard that allows users to Create, Edit, Delete, and View a list of inventory items.

Bonus Feature

Users are able to add deletion comments when deleting items. As well as re-activate any items deleted.

Getting Started

• Make sure the latest version of Node and NPM installed installed
• Fork and clone the project
• Enter into the project folder

cd backend-inventory-management

• Install all dependecies

npm install

• Start up the server

npm start

• Visit localhost:8080 in the browser to interact with the app

To Add Additional Resources & Features

New Features for Items Resource

• extend the itemsRoutes with the relevant API endpoint
• extend the itemsController with the logic to handle the endpoint
• extend the itemsModel with logic to manipulate "database" and provide requeted data

New Resources

• create a new route file in routes folder
  • import the file into server.js for us
• create a new resource controller file with logic to handle CRUD operations
• create a new resources models file with logic to handle database requests

Dependencies

• Tachyons
• EJS
• Express
• Node
• NPM