tr00gle/scallion-recipe-management

a recipe and grocery list api built with node and express

Intro to Node/Express Workshop: Recipe Management With the Scallion API

Summary

• This is a server-only API designed to teach the beginnings of node, express, RESTful APIs, and HTTP Transactions
• There is no front end here: just a server and a .JSON file for data storage

Setup -- 2 Options

Tools:

• Node: Make sure you have node installed on your system. Go to the command line/prompt and enter node -v to confirm its presence and version
  • If you don't have node, go here: https://nodejs.org/en/ and download the LTS version
• Postman: Download the desktop client from here: https://www.getpostman.com/
• A text editor: Just choose one. Here are some ideas: ['Atom', 'SublimeText', 'Vim', 'VSCode']

Set up your project:

1. If you'd like to download a ZIP file

• Change current branch from master to start-workshop
• unzip contents and move to your code directory

2. Recommended: clone the repo via git cli

• cd <YOUR CODE DIRECTORY>
• git clone https://github.com/tr00gle/scallion-recipe-management.git

3. cd to the scallion project direcotry
4. npm install
5. Open directory in code editor of your choice
6. If you took option 2, checkout the start-workshop branch

Agenda

1. Get setup
2. Write your "Hello, Scallions!" application
3. Write your GET /recipes route, and use your first middleware
4. Write your first POST /recipes route, and now experience the power of using a middleware chain
5. Complete the CRUD quad-fecta!
6. Tinker away! Start by expanding on editing an existing recipe!

Todo:

• tests using node assertions