pesusienestys/node-chat-backend

Lesson 3: The first backend application using node and koa.

Koodi101 chat example

This is the repository for a simple chat application using koa and sequelize

Prerequisites

• nodejs
• (docker)

Node

cd backend
npm install
npm run dev

Docker

docker-compose build
docker-compose up

Exercises

The app

• Use Postman, curl or similiar to
  • Post a new message to /api/chats
  • Get the messages from /api/chats
• Add nickname and chat rooms to messages
• Create a new endpoint /api/chats/<room> that returns messages for specific room

Deploy

• Use SSH keys to login to the server
• Install needed dependencies
• Use Docker to deploy your application to the server