Install NodeJS from the Downloads-Page or your package manager.

PostgreSQL-Installation

The following instructions are primarly for Linux. Instructions on MacOS or Windows may require other steps

Install PostgreSQL either from the Downloads-Page or from your package manager
Switch to the postgres-user and initialize the database cluster
```
sudo -iu postgres
initdb -D /var/lib/postgres/data
```
Start or enable the PostgreSQL-Service
```
sudo systemctl start postgresql
```
Create a database named noodle
```
createdb noodle
```

Add a user with the name noodle

createuser noodle
psql -d noodle -c "CREATE USER noodle WITH PASSWORD 'noodle'; GRANT ALL ON ALL TABLES IN SCHEMA public TO noodle;"

For more information see the the Section Server Setup and Operation in the PostgreSQL-Documentation or the PostgreSQL-Entry in the Arch Linux-Wiki.

Application-Initialization

Clone this repository
Run npm i
Set up the database settings in src/index.ts and tests/integration/helper.ts (Only needed if using a different database than describe above)
Run npm start init

This will create a administrator with the the username administrator and the password administrator

Usage

Development

Start the server and NOT restart on file change

npm start

Start the server and restart on file changes

npm run watch

Unit-Tests

npm run test

Integration-Test

npm run test:e2e

Build the project

npm run build

The output of the build process will be inside build/

Production

The application can be run by using the package (recommend) or cloning and running/building this repository.

For more information about accquiring the package see the Package Repository

If using the application in production NODE_ENV=development MUST NOT BE SET.
Not doing so will sign with the JWT with a hardcoded value and produce a huge security risk.