jchuerva / devflix_learn

devflix

A platform to recap all video content

devflix-api

Videos CRUD

Endpoint	HTTP	Description
/videos	GET	Retrieve all the videos
/videos/:id	GET	Retrieve an specific video with id
/videos	POST	Create a new video
/videos/:id	PUT	Update a existing video
/videos/:id	DELETE	Remove a video

Steps

1. git init
2. npm init
3. .gitignore from gitignore.io
4. Use express for the REST: npm i express
5. Create README
6. Create LICENSE from MIT LICENSE
7. Install linters: npm i -D eslint eslint-config-prettier eslint-plugin-prettier prettier// development
8. Install nodemon npm i -D nodemon for auto reload the server
9. Create .eslintrc and .prettierrc
10. Create index.js
11. Add scripts in package.json

"scripts": {
  "dev": "nodemon index.js",
  "start": "NODE_ENV=production node index.js"
}

1. Add library husky to prevent bad commits : npm i -D husky. Configure it in package.json
2. Add config folder and index.js for App configuration
3. Add npm i -D dotenv and configure the .env file and config ☝️ file
4. Create routes in routes folder
5. Create services folder, where we add the functions that will call the DB
6. Create lib/db.js to connect it to the DB