fac-15 / meetTheFACers

Express week 8 project.

Meet the FACers

Express Handlebars week 8 project. A basic CV template / skills database for FAC 15. Gives Json a good headstart on his student project!

It's kinda got this way with gifs now...

User stories

• As a member of FAC, I want to pair with coursemates who are of a similar level, to train on workshops
• As a member of FAC, I want to help form a strong team with coursemates who have different strengths
• As a member of FAC, I want to know which coursemates are best equipped to help me with a particular coding problem

Whiteboarding / Planning

setup instructions

1. clone repo
2. npm install to install all dependencies
3. Create a local database with pgcli or psql (see below)
4. node db/db_build.js to build the database locally, as we haven't made on on Heroku yet. NOTE: Uncomment the line: // dbBuilder(); in db/db_build.js first.
5. config.envshould look something like this:

DATABASE_URL = postgres://<user_name>:<password>@localhost:5432/<database_name>

6. npm run dev to run on port 1989. The year that Express Yourself came out. Our original project name.
7. Runs on staging branch

Creating a local database

• Connect to postgres, by typing psql or pgcli in the terminal.
• Create the database by typing CREATE DATABASE <database_name>;.
• Create a superuser with a password by typing CREATE USER <user_name> WITH SUPERUSER PASSWORD '<password>'; (the password needs to be in quotes, otherwise you get an error).
• Change ownership of the database to the new user by typing ALTER DATABASE <database_name> OWNER TO <user_name>;

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Stuff and Things we did...

DOM bits

• app drawer nicked from project earlier in the week
• hamburger menu nicked from Colour Code, Week 1 project
• using soundbites with DOM events

SQL bits

• SELECT LUNCH - Posting info to one table, returning the id to enter into another table Select Lunch
• can't send headers after they were sent to the client error
• problem with database connection (on Martin's laptop), had to install pgcli new version. Much frustration.
• did an INNER JOIN to get all user data from two tables in the database. Joined user_ids to retrieve names.

Other stuff of note

• Lots of self indulgent CSS
• Posting data to server through the form
• Using a handlebars helper function
• Array.sort() method to sort by skill ascending
• replicating backend rendering in the frontend (see public/index.js)
• HackMD with some bits and bobs in

Things we didn't do:

• Extensive Testing
• Login, Signup, protected routes (authentication)
• Database Testing
• Pick an original name
• Host on Heroku
• Check if user exists in database before adding
• Server side validation
• Travis CI and the fancy badges