Workshop Companion Notes

The following will be a step by step guide on how to complete the workshop. This is meant to complement the workshop slides and only covers the application section of the workshop.

Feel free to reference the Solution file anytime you are stuck or just follow this companion guide to getting caught up quickly!

Starter file: https://github.com/MrBenC88/All-About-APIs-Workshop.git

Solution file: https://github.com/MrBenC88/All-About-APIs-Workshop/tree/starter-workshop-solution

Main Steps:

  1. Getting the repo
  2. Setting up the Backend
  3. Connecting to MongoDB
  4. Creating Server Endpoints
  5. API Testing with Insomnia

Getting and Cloning the Repo

Setting up the Backend