README.md

Application for a book catalog

This toy project was created to display a book catalog. And sets itself the following tasks:

1. Initialize the database;

2. Create server;

3. Create web-client.

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DBMS for application

In this project, Postgres selected as the DBMS.

Getting started:

Use psql client (manually):

1. Create database 'catalogue';

2. Open terminal window, and type:

   sudo -i -u postgres;

   psql catalogue;

3. Create tables: create_tables.sql

4. Load data for tables: fill_tables.sql

5. Create function and procedures: f_1.sql, f_2.sql, f_3.sql

6. Create triggers: t_1.sql, t_2.sql

You can also find examples of sql database queries in database/sql_queries.sql

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Server side for a book catalog

The server side of the application is written using Node.js, GraphQL and Sequelize.

Other libraries used in the project can be found in server/package.json.

Getting started:

Use yarn (package manager):

• Clone repository;
• yarn to install all dependencies;
• Edit .env and apply your db connectivity settings;
• yarn dev to start the API server;
• GraphQL Playground now at http://localhost:5000/graphql; (you can change PORT in .env)

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Client side for a book catalog (in process)

The client side of the application is written using TypeScript, React.js, GraphQL, Apollo.

Getting started:

• cd client
• yarn to install all dependencies (see package.json);
• yarn apollo:generate to create type defs for Apollo;
• yarn start to start web-app (PORT http://localhost:3000/;