PopIulian88/UVT-GDSC-NestJS-Workshop

UVT-GDSC-NestJS-Workshop

Prerequisites

1. Install NodeJs: https://nodejs.org/
2. Install Postman: https://www.postman.com/
3. Install XAMPP: https://www.apachefriends.org/

Setup

1. Install NestJs CLI: npm i -g @nestjs/cli
2. Run nest new project-name to create a new NestJs project
3. Change the directory to the new project and run npm run start:dev to start the NestJs server

Session 1: Creating GET endpoints

Hello World Module

1. Create an endpoint that returns a string "Hello World!".

Math Module

1. Create an endpoint that subtracts two numbers.
2. Create an endpoint that sums two numbers.
3. Create an endpoint that multiplies two numbers.
4. Create an endpoint that divides two numbers.
5. Create an endpoint that given an operation and a string of numbers separated by ,, returns the result of the operation applied to the numbers.

Movie Module

1. Create an endpoint that returns a list of available movies (title and id).
2. Add query params to the endpoint from point 1 to sort the movies by title ascending or descending.
3. Create an endpoint that returns movie details given the movie id.

Random Module

1. Create an endpoint that returns a random quote.
2. Create an endpoint that returns a random dog photo.

Session 2: Creating CRUD endpoints connected to a database

Before starting

1. Create a new NestJs application using nest new session2
2. Run npm install --save @nestjs/typeorm typeorm mysql2
3. Create a ormconfig.ts file at ./src level with the following content:

import { DataSourceOptions } from 'typeorm';

const config: DataSourceOptions = {
  type: 'mysql',
  host: 'localhost',
  port: 3306,
  username: 'root',
  password: '',
  database: '<<NAME OF THE DATABASE>>',
  entities: [__dirname + '/**/*.entity.{ts,js}'],
  synchronize: true,
};

export = config;

4. In app.module.ts, add TypeOrmModule.forRoot(ormconfig) to the imports array, with import * as ormconfig from './ormconfig' a an import.

User Module

1. Create an endpoint that (c)reates a new user.
2. Create an endpoint that (r)eads and returns a user given the user id.
3. Create an endpoint that (u)pdates a user given the user id.
4. Create an endpoint that (d)eletes a user given the user id.

Music Module

1. Create an endpoint that creates a song (title, artist, length ...).
2. Create an endpoint that creates a playlist (playlist name, songs).
3. Create an endpoint that updates a playlist with a given song.
4. Create an endpoint that removes a song from a playlist.
5. Create an endpoint that returns a list of available playlists.
6. Create an endpoint that returns a list of songs in a playlist.