NodeJS Backend Starter Kit

Post-Forking Steps

1. Update db/config.json with the correct database names for Development and Test databases.

Initial setup steps for local development

2. Copy env.sample to .env

3. Prepare the databases

   NODE_ENV=development npm run db:create
   NODE_ENV=development npm run db:migrate
   NODE_ENV=test npm run db:create
   NODE_ENV=test npm run db:migrate
   

4. Prepare the seed data for development

   NODE_ENV=development npm run db:seed
   

5. You can update the content of public/index.html

Windows Users

Some things to note:

• Use "Git bash" to run the commands above.
• After copying .env file, open it up and update the DB_USER and DB_PASSWORD to what you have set for your Postgres root user in Windows.