laravel-angular2-REST

RESTful backend with Laravel 5.3 and Angular 2 as frontend

• The ng2 directory hosts the Angular 2 app

• Other directories/files in the project root belongs to Laravel (5.3)

Getting Up and Running

• Start PHP's built-in development server for Laravel

	git clone https://github.com/abrarShariar/laravel-angular2-REST.git
	
	cd laravel-angular2-REST
	
	php artisan serve

• Start lite-server for Angular 2

	cd laravel-angular2-REST
	
	cd ng2

	npm start

RESTful Backend with Laravel 5.3

• Some of the config files are not in the repo since they are kept as is out-of-the-box.

• Config your database:

	./config/database.php
	./env

• Database schema is as follows:

	Schema::create('employee', function (Blueprint $table) {
            $table->increments('id');     //primary key + auto increment
            $table->string('firstname');
            $table->string('lastname');
            $table->date('DOB');
            $table->string('description',100);
            $table->timestamps();       //'created_at' 'updated_at' cols

• Perform migration:

	php artisan migrate	

• EmployeeTableSeeder defines the seeds for the database. For initial seeding:

	php artisan db:seed --class="EmployeeTableSeeder"

• Now run php artisan serve in the project root and you will be Up and Running !!

• API endpoints defined in api.php

	/api/all		//get all employee data		
	/api/show/id=$id	//get specific employee data

• Web routes defined in web.php

	/create			//create a new employee recored
				//authentication required

Angular 2 Frontend

• routes defined app.routing

	/employee/all		//show all employee data
	/employee/add 		//add new employee
	/search			//search employee

TO-DO

• FIX /employee/add in ng2

• FIX http.post() in AddEmployeeService