Message Passer App

Getting Started

• Install npm
  npm install npm@latest -g
• Install nodemon
  npm install -g nodemon
• Fork and clone your forked repo
  $ git remote add upstream git@github.com:karolina-benitez/message_passer.git

Set up Back End

• Run npm install to get all the necessary dependencies:

$ cd server  
$ npm install

• Start server
  $ npm start
  if error occurs, make sure you correctly installed nodemon

Set up Data Base

• Install Postgres

$ brew install postgres  
$ brew services start postgresql  
$ psql postgres  
$ CREATE DATABASE messagepasserdb;  
$ \c messagepasserdb  
$ CREATE TABLE messages(  
  id serial PRIMARY KEY,  
  messageBody VARCHAR (1000) NOT NULL,  
  messageURL VARCHAR (1000) NOT NULL  
);

Set up Front End

• run npm install to get all the necessary dependencies:

$ cd client  
$ npm install  

• Start server
  $ npm start