Getting Started

1. Use node 14. You can install different versions of node using nvm
2. Install the dependencies npm install
3. Create a database using a GUI or the command line. The command psql -U<YourUserName> -c "CREATE DATABASE <YourDatabaseName>" should do the trick.
4. Run the migrations node db/migrations/run.js. This will create all the tables needed by the app. Whenever you add a new table, you will need to add a migration file to db/migrations. See the existing file as an example.
5. Start the app: npm start. This already has nodemon baked in so you don't have to worry about manually restarting when code changes.