Skeleton of a node.js / typescript / express / postgres app

Install Node / NPM

https://docs.npmjs.com/getting-started/installing-node

Install TypeScript

https://www.npmjs.com/package/typescript

Create database StreamData in your Postgres DB:

create database StreamData

run below command to initialize database

run yarn initdb

Set the following ENV VARs for your DB Connections:

POSTGREURL="postgresql://[yourUserName]:[yourPassword]@localhost:5432/StreamData

this can also be done by creating a .env file in the root of this project see .env for a reference

Transpile TypeScript to the build folder

run tsc

you can adjust transpiling settings in tsconfig.json

Run your built node app

run yarn start

Run your tests

run yarn start