adds master prompt function and showTable function

dbFunctions.js

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+
+

index.js

@@ -1,73 +1,87 @@
+//include everything needed to run our app
 const inquirer = require('inquirer');
 const mysql = require('mysql2');
 const cTable = require('console.table');
 require('dotenv').config();
-
+//establish connection w/mysql2
 const connection = mysql.createConnection( {
     host: 'localhost',
     user: process.env.DB_USER,
     database: process.env.DB_NAME,
     password: process.env.DB_PASSWORD
 });
-
 connection.connect((err) => {
     if (err) throw err;
     console.log('Connected!');
   });
 
-// define the set of primary options to display to the user while navigating the app in the terminal.
+//greet the user with some goddamn hospitality and show 'em around the place
+console.log('\x1b[35m welcome to HR Simulator 42!! \x1b[0m'); //using \x1b escape char for colored console logs
+console.log('\x1b[33m ready to feel like an HR god? \x1b[0m');
+// list of basic choices for viewing and adding
 const options = [
     {
-        value: "view all departments", 
-    },
-    {
-        value: "view all roles",
-    },
-    {
-        value: "view all employees",
-    },
-    {
-        value: "add a department",
+        value: "department",
     },
     {
-        value: "add a role",
+        value: "role",
     },
     {
-        value: "add an employee",
+        value: "employee",
     },
-    {
-        value: "update an employee role",
-    }
 ];
+// define the set of primary options to display to the user while navigating the app in the terminal.
+const mainOptions = [
+    { value: "VIEW TABLES"},
+    { value: "ADD SOMETHING NEW"},
+    { value: "UPDATE EXISTING DATA"}
+ ];
 
+ //define the main prompt function that will run on startup and be referred back to throughout
+
+function mainPrompt() {
 inquirer.prompt(
     {
     type:'list',
-    message: "omg what do you want",
-    choices: options,
+    message: "Tell us what your heart desires",
+    choices: mainOptions,
     name: "desire"
     },
   ).then((answers) => {
-    let table;
-    // let val = answers;
-    switch (answers.desire) {
-        case "view all departments":
-            table = 'department';
-            break;
-        case "view all roles":
-            table = 'role';
-            break;
-        case "view all employees":
-            table = 'employee';
-            break;
-    }
-    // console.log(choices[0]);
-    // const table = 'department';
-    connection.query(
-      `SELECT * FROM ${table}`, function(err,results,fields) {
-        console.log(`\x1b[35m here is your results \x1b[0m`)
-        console.table(results);
-    }
-  );
+    if (answers = "HR VIEW") {
+        inquirer.prompt(
+            {
+                type:'list',
+                message:'we can sort results 3 ways, what would you like to view?',
+                choices: options,
+                name: "viewChoice"
+            },).then((answers) => {
+                console.log('\x1b[35m ok here you go \x1b[0m')
+                console.log(answers.viewChoice)
+                viewTable(answers.viewChoice);
+            }) //end .then statement
+
+    } // end if statement 
+
   });
+} //end my start function
+mainPrompt();
 
+function viewTable(tableChoice) {
+    switch (tableChoice){
+        case "department":
+            connection.query(
+                `SELECT * FROM ${tableChoice}`, function(err,results,fields) {
+                  console.log('\x1b[35m here is list of our departments \x1b[0m')
+                  console.table(results); });
+            break;
+        case "role":
+            connection.query(
+                `select role.title as job_title, department.name as department from role join department on role.department_id = department.id`, function(err, results, fields) {
+                    console.log("\x1b[35m here is list of the company's positions and their respective departments \x1b[0m")
+                    console.table(results);
+                });
+            break;
+    }//.then(() => {console.log('looks great huh?') 
+    //mainPrompt();
+};

notes.txt

@@ -1,13 +1,5 @@
-view all departments, 
-view all roles, 
-mysql> source query.sql
-+-----------------------------------+-----------------+
-| job_title                         | department      |
-+-----------------------------------+-----------------+
-| swiper                            | logistics       |
-| assistant to the regional manager | sales           |
-| pencil pusher                     | human resources |
-+----------------------------------
+- view all departments, 
+- view all roles, 
 view all employees, 
 add a department, 
 add a role, 
@@ -25,4 +17,12 @@ View employees by department.
 
 Delete departments, roles, and employees.
 
-View the total utilized budget of a department—in other words, the combined salaries of all employees in that department.
+View the total utilized budget of a department—in other words, the combined salaries of all employees in that department.
+
++-----------------------------------+-----------------+
+| job_title                         | department      |
++-----------------------------------+-----------------+
+| swiper                            | logistics       |
+| assistant to the regional manager | sales           |
+| pencil pusher                     | human resources |
++----------------------------------