E-Commerce-Back-End

Description

This app is the inclusion of the back end logic for an E-Commerce site by configuring a working Express.js API to use Sequelize (ORM) to interact with a MySQL database. The SQL database includes tables for products, categories, tags, and product tags.

Table of Contents

• Installation
• Usage
• Technologies Used
• License
• Questions

Installation

• Make sure to have Node.js and MySQL installed before starting.
• Clone the repo and paste it into your CLI:
  • git clone git@github.com:tylerhance/E-Commerce-Back-End.git
• Go to your root directory and install the dependencies by running:
  • npm i
• To hook up the MySQL database in the CLI run:
  • mysql -u root -p
  • Then source db/schema.sql
  • Type quit to return to the root directory.
• Source the schema.sql and seed the files using:
  • npm run seed
• To start the server in the command line run:
  • npm start

Usage

This app allows users to view, add, edit/update, and delete categories, products and tags accordingly.

• View the walk-through video for hooking up the DB and seeding data Here
• View the walk-through video for testing the API routes Here

Technologies Used

• Node.js
• Express
• MySQL
• Sequelize
• dotenv
• nodemon

License

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Questions

• Feel free to drop me a line at tyler.hance@gmail.com or visit my GitHub Profile to check out my other projects.