shopify backend challenge 2022

setup

• install node (17 was used, 16/LTS was tested only for dist/server.js
• clone the repository (and cd to s2022)
  • git clone https://github.com/ghaskins99/s2022.git
• install dependencies
  • npm i
• first-time setup the database
  • npm run migrate:up
    • WARN (Windows): make sure the path to the directory (s2022) doesn't contain any 'space' characters (as far as I know, that is the issue; ex. new folder (3)\s2022 will cause MikroORM to fail to find entities)
  • npm run seed to add a few sample items
• run the server!
  • npm run dev for less typing, or
  • npm run compile & node ./dist/server.js
• make requests
  • sample requests, see /sample_requests
    • curl, powershell, postman, insomnia
  • visit the browser @ http://localhost:8000/api/inventory (to list all items)
    • other methods such as creating an item don't have a browser UI, this is how I interpeted the challenge