5-Minute-Journal Clone

GraphQL API built in NodeJS for 5-Minute-Journal App

Live demo | Frontend Code

Running locally

Setup

• Create postgress database named journal and journal-test
• Update database credentials in ormconfig.js

Steps

• git clone https://github.com/chavda-bhavik/journal-api
• yarn (after navigating inside the directory)
• yarn watch && yarn dev
• yarn test (To run tests)

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About 5-Minute-Journal Clone

Features

• Built on Typescript
• Tests written using jest
• Abstracted Database functions to easy the Development
• Linting and formatting with eslint and prettier

Problems Face and Solved

• Writing Unit tests with Jest provided good learning

Technologies 🤖

• Apllo-Server-Express, ExpressJS To Develop API
• Typeorm ORM to interect with Database
• graphql-upload To provide file upload facility
• TypeGraphql To build Graphql Schema from Classes
• JestJS To wite Unit Test Cases

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