This is the full backend for the Courses API exercises and supports GET, POST, PUT and DELETE endpoints for courses.

This section discusses how to get the Courses API server up and running locally

• Verify Node.js is installed by running the following command.

  Command to run

    node -v

  Sample Output

    v14.15.4     (or something similar)

  Note: If you do not have Node.js installed you can install the LTS (Long-term Support) version from here: https://nodejs.org/en/

• Clone this repository to your local computer.

    git clone https://github.com/DevelopIntelligenceBoulder/courses2-api-express-server

• Change directories (cd) into the newly cloned projects folder.

    cd courses2-api-express-server

• Install the projects dependencies with NPM (Node Package Manager).

    npm install

• Start the local server

  Command to start the server

    npm start

  Expected Output

    App listening at port 8081

• Verify the server is working as expected by acessing http://localhost:8081/api/courses with a broswer or a third party tool like Postman

  Expected output from URL

  [{"id":1,"dept":"CompSci","courseNum":101,"courseName":"HTML5 and CSS3","instructor":"Rob","startDate":"July 8","numDays":10},{"id":2,"dept":"CompSci","courseNum":102,"courseName":"JavaScript","instructor":"Dana","startDate":"July 22","numDays":35},{"id":3,"dept":"CompSci","courseNum":201,"courseName":"Angular","instructor":"Rob","startDate":"Sep 9","numDays":15},{"id":4,"dept":"CompSci","courseNum":301,"courseName":"Java","instructor":"Maaike","startDate":"Oct 1","numDays":15},{"id":5,"dept":"CompSci","courseNum":302,"courseName":"C#","instructor":"Dana","startDate":"Oct 1","numDays":15},{"id":6,"dept":"CompSci","courseNum":401,"courseName":"Java Spring Boot","instructor":"Maaike","startDate":"Nov 1","numDays":15},{"id":7,"dept":"CompSci","courseNum":202,"courseName":".NET Web API","instructor":"Dana","startDate":"Nov 1","numDays":15},{"id":8,"dept":"Math","courseNum":"101","courseName":"Algebra","instructor":"Zephaniah","startDate":"Sep 15","numDays":10},{"id":9,"dept":"Math","courseNum":"201","courseName":"Statistics","instructor":"Elisha","startDate":"Oct 15","numDays":10},{"id":10,"dept":"English","courseNum":"101","courseName":"Composition","instructor":"Natalie","startDate":"Aug 1","numDays":5},{"id":11,"dept":"English","courseNum":"201","courseName":"Creative Fiction","instructor":"Siddalee","startDate":"Sep 1","numDays":6},{"id":12,"dept":"English","courseNum":"202","courseName":"Playwriting","instructor":"Ezra","startDate":"Oct 1","numDays":5},{"id":13,"dept":"Finance","courseNum":"101","courseName":"Basic Finance","instructor":"Pursalane","startDate":"Jun 1","numDays":5},{"id":14,"dept":"Finance","courseNum":"201","courseName":"Basics of Stocktrading","instructor":"Ian","startDate":"Dec 1","numDays":5},{"id":15,"dept":"Finance","courseNum":"301","courseName":"Entrepreneurship","instructor":"Zachary","startDate":"May","numDays":5},{"id":16,"dept":"Finance","courseNum":"401","courseName":"Tax Laws","instructor":"Brittany","startDate":"Aug 1","numDays":5}]