LAP 2 Coding Challenge - Publish

A full stack web application with an HTML/CSS/JS client and an Express server connected to a PostgreSQL database.

A place to write down your thoughts and remain anonymous whilst doing so! Making a telegra.ph clone with Diren

Installation

• install docker
• clone or fork the repo
• open terminal and navigate to folder

Usage

bash _scripts/startDev.sh

• starts client, api & db services
• runs db migrations
• seeds db for development
• serves client on localhost:8080
• serves api on localhost:3000

bash _scripts/teardown.sh

• stop all running services
• removes containers
• removes volumes

Changelog

controllers/posts.js

[x] added create() function

models/posts.js

[x] updated get all() function

client/static/js/requests.js

[x] updated publishPost() to post to database

[x] updated try and catch so publishPost() function clears form content and displays post

Bugs

[x] the #post/id endpoint does not retrieve the requested id

Wins & Challenges

Wins

• managed to get the server running and update the docker-compose file
• post able to be posted and seen in browser

Challenges

• show path
• id path