Controllers page
CREATE A FOLDER CALLED controller IN THE src FOLDER CREATE A FILE CALLED index.js IN THE controller folder ADD THE FOLLOWING CODE
This is a simple function to be used with Thunder Client
or Insomnia to test the Server is receiving a request and giving
a response
Create a file called controllers.js and add the following code to it
exports.testGet = (req, res) => { res.send("Reply from GET"); }
NOW RUN npm i nodemon and add this line to package.json "dev" : "nodemon src/server.js" after the test line called test DON'T FORGET THE COMMA AT THE END OF test OR YOU WILL GET AN ERROR You can now test by first running npm run dev in the terminal If you used PORT 5000 then you should run: http://localhost:5000/testGet You can choose any port, for example if you wanted to use port 3000, run the following: export PORT=3000 Next we will create a modelModel