Personal To Do App Project

This version uses React, Redux, Express, Passport, and PostgreSQL (a full list of dependencies can be found in package.json).

We STRONGLY recommend following these instructions carefully. It's a lot, and will take some time to set up, but your life will be much easier this way in the long run.

Prerequisites

Before you get started, make sure you have the following software installed on your computer:

Create database and table

Create a new database called to-do-too and create a user table:

CREATE TABLE "user" (
    "id" SERIAL PRIMARY KEY,
    "username" VARCHAR (80) UNIQUE NOT NULL,
    "password" VARCHAR (1000) NOT NULL
);

If you would like to name your database something else, you will need to change prime_app to the name of your new database name in server/modules/pool.js

Development Setup Instructions

Run npm install
Create a .env file at the root of the project and paste this line into the file:
```
SERVER_SESSION_SECRET=superDuperSecret
```
While you're in your new .env file, take the time to replace superDuperSecret with some long random string like 25POUbVtx6RKVNWszd9ERB9Bb6 to keep your application secure. Here's a site that can help you: https://passwordsgenerator.net/. If you don't do this step, create a secret with less than eight characters, or leave it as superDuperSecret, you will get a warning.
Start postgres if not running already by using brew services start postgresql
Run npm run server
Run npm run client
Navigate to localhost:3000

Debugging

To debug, you will need to run the client-side separately from the server. Start the client by running the command npm run client. Start the debugging server by selecting the Debug button.

Then make sure Launch Program is selected from the dropdown, then click the green play arrow.

Testing Routes with Postman

To use Postman with this repo, you will need to set up requests in Postman to register a user and login a user at a minimum.

Keep in mind that once you using the login route, Postman will manage your session cookie for you just like a browser, ensuring it is sent with each subsequent request. If you delete the localhost cookie in Postman, it will effectively log you out.

Start the server - npm run server
Import the sample routes JSON file v2 by clicking Import in Postman. Select the file.
Click Collections and Send the following three calls in order:
1. POST /api/user/register registers a new user, see body to change username/password
2. POST /api/user/login will login a user, see body to change username/password
3. GET /api/user will get user information, by default it's not very much

After running the login route above, you can try any other route you've created that requires a logged in user!

Production Build

Before pushing to Heroku, run npm run build in terminal. This will create a build folder that contains the code Heroku will be pointed at. You can test this build by typing npm start. Keep in mind that npm start will let you preview the production build but will not auto update.

Start postgres if not running already by using brew services start postgresql
Run npm start
Navigate to localhost:5001

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