MovieListr Backend with NodeJS

Why

This project was a test for me to see how far JS has come along to be actually used for a backend. A few years ago I also created a backend for a small application in NodeJS with regular old javascript (I did not have a lot of experience with javascript then), but I really hated it. Now with typescript, I wanted to give it another chance.

Technologies used:

For the application

• Typescript
• typescript-ioc
• typeorm
• docker
• koa

For testing

• ts-mockito
• mocha
• sinon

I also make a lot of use of the new async/await syntax.

To get it up and running:

1. Run yarn install
2. Run docker-compose up, this will run the container for the mysql db.
3. Run docker ps to find the name of the docker container.
4. Run docker exec -i -t <docker-container-name> /bin/bash to open a bash in the container.
5. Run mysql -u root -p and fill in the password 'root'.
6. Run the sql scripts in the db-scripts folder to create the correct tables and fill them with dummy data.
7. Run npm run build to compile the typescript into the dist folder.
8. Run node dist/index.js to run the application.

You can now use postman to do requests to http://localhost:3000. For full URL's, check the classes in the src/routes folder.