Game Gifters

Track video game wishlists for your company's employees.

• Heroku Link

Setup Environment

• Install Node.js
• Navigate to Game-Gifters root directory
• Install dependencies with npm install

MySQL Database Setup

• Create new .env file in Game-Gifters root directory
• Add the following lines to the .env file with your MySQL database credentials

PORT={YOUR PORT}
DB_HOST={YOUR DATABASE HOST}
DB_USER={YOUR DATABASE USERNAME}
DB_PASS={YOUR DATABASE PASSWORD}
DB_NAME={YOUR DATABASE NAME}

Run App

• Navigate to Game-Gifters root directory
• Run app with node app.js

Navigate App

• Navigate to localhost:{YOUR PORT} e.g. localhost:3000 in your web browser
• There are four pages: Employees, Games, Wishes, and Gifts, each with their own tables
• To add a row to a table, select the Add option from the dropdown menu above the table
• To update a row in a table, click the memo icon in the row you wish to edit
• To delete a row or multiple rows, select the checkboxes next to each row you would like to delete, then select the Delete option from the above dropdown menu
• When adding a new Game, you can choose to enter a search query that interfaces with the Steam Store API and quickly retrieve a game's metadata