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app.js

@@ -2,14 +2,54 @@ const { NODE_ENV='development', PORT=5000 } = process.env
 const express = require('express')
 const app = express()
 
+
 if (NODE_ENV === 'development') app.use(require('morgan')('dev'))
-app.use(require('body-parser').json())
+// app.use(require('body-parser').json())
+
+
 
 app.get('/', (req, res, next) => {
+  // console.log(req.headers)
+  // console.log(req.query)
   res.json({
     message: 'Hello, Express!'
   })
 })
 
+app.get('/my/name/is/:name', (req, res, next) => {
+  console.log(req.params)
+  res.json({
+    message: `Hello, ${req.params.name}!`
+  })
+})
+
+app.get('/pong', (req, res, next) => {
+  const status = 200
+  res.status(status).json({
+    message: 'pong!'
+  })
+})
+
+app.use((req, res, next) => {
+  console.log('In the server!')
+  next()
+})
+
+app.post('/message',(req, res, next) => {
+  const status = 201
+  console.log(req.body)
+  res.status(status).json({
+    message: 'Message received!'
+  })
+})
+
+
+app.delete('/message/4', (req, res, next) => {
+  const status = 200
+  res.status(status).json({
+    message: 'Deleted message 4'
+  })
+})
+
 const listener = () => console.log(`Listening on Port ${PORT}`)
 app.listen(PORT, listener)

readme.md

@@ -30,23 +30,24 @@ Then, go to [http://localhost:5000/](http://localhost:5000) and you should see a
 
 * **Your Answer:**
 
----
+*  We dont need to add node_modules in our builds
+
 
 - [ ] Take a look at the `package.json` file.
 
 * **Question:** Take a minute to look through the installed packages and describe the purpose of each one. Don't just copy and paste from something online!
 
 * **Your Answer:**
 
----
+* The package.json file is used by npm to understand how to integrate your app with other add ons.  
 
 - [ ] Try going to [http://localhost:5000/notfound](http://localhost:5000/notfound)
 
 * **Question:** Why do we get a response when we go to `/` but not `/notfound`?
 
 * **Your Answer:**
 
----
+* The "main" in our package.json is set to index.js.  `/` will direct you to to the index.js.  If we had other pages setup in a router `/somepage` would direct you to that page.
 
 - [ ] By default, browsers make `GET` requests when you go to a URL. Use [Postman](https://www.getpostman.com) to make a similar `GET` request.
 
@@ -58,7 +59,7 @@ Then, go to [http://localhost:5000/](http://localhost:5000) and you should see a
 
 * **Your Answer:**
 
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+* Meta data regarding your app.  Shows mime, length of respons type, specifies the technologies used by web apps.
 
 - [ ] Add the following line **above** the `res.json()` line in your `app.js` file; then, make the request again.
   ```js
@@ -69,7 +70,7 @@ Then, go to [http://localhost:5000/](http://localhost:5000) and you should see a
 
 * **Your Answer:**
 
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+* The headers were console.log-ed in the Terminal.  In Postman you can add new header keys.  The default are just the temporary headers provided by Postman.
 
 - [ ] Add the following line **above** the `res.json()` line in your `app.js` file; then, make a request again but this time change the URL to the following: `http://localhost:5000?course=javascript`
   ```js
@@ -80,7 +81,7 @@ Then, go to [http://localhost:5000/](http://localhost:5000) and you should see a
 
 * **Your Answer:**
 
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+* It appears to be a request sent to the app.js or your app.  So if you had in a function to accept the query passed you could program methods to search.  
 
 - [ ] Before all of your routes, add the following:
   ```js
@@ -94,7 +95,7 @@ Then, go to [http://localhost:5000/](http://localhost:5000) and you should see a
 
 * **Your Answer:**
 
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+* When a get request is running.  It appears to be called before all other functions.  Top down.
 
 - [ ] Take a moment to observe the basic structure of a **route** in Express.
   ```js
@@ -109,36 +110,42 @@ Then, go to [http://localhost:5000/](http://localhost:5000) and you should see a
 * **Question:** What type of thing is `app` and what is its purpose?
 
 * **Your Answer:**
+* app is our application referenced in the app.js and shown in browser via index.js.
 
 * **Question:** What type of thing is `app.get()` and what is its purpose?
 
 * **Your Answer:**
+* app.get() is attaching a method to the application that will do something based on a get request /route and the parameters specified associated to functions or other methods inside the app.get().
 
 * **Question:** What type of thing is `/` and what is its purpose?
 
 * **Your Answer:**
+* Use the slash to specific the route.  So in a browser you would use /somename to specify a different app.get() with the specified route.
 
 * **Question:** What type of thing is `req` and what does it represent in the callback?
 
 * **Your Answer:**
+* It is looking for a request.
 
 * **Question:** What type of thing is `res` and what does it represent in the callback?
 
 * **Your Answer:**
+* It is looking for a response to the request
 
 * **Question:** What type of thing is `next` and what does it represent in the callback?
 
 * **Your Answer:**
+* If after running the first get() move to the next get() function.
 
 * **Question:** Instead of a `GET` request, lets say we want to listen in for a `POST` request. What do you think you needs to change?
 
 * **Your Answer:**
+* app.post()
 
 * **Question:** Right now all of our requests will return a "Status Code" of 200. Define what a status code is and research how you could change it.
 
 * **Your Answer:**
-
----
+* Status codes appear to be information from express reflecting the status of a get request.  200 is OK
 
 - [ ] Add the following route to your application; then, make a request again but this time change the URL to the following, making sure to replace `<your-name` with your acutal name: `http://localhost:5000/my/name/is/<your-name>`.
   ```js
@@ -153,8 +160,7 @@ Then, go to [http://localhost:5000/](http://localhost:5000) and you should see a
 * **Question:** What is `req.params`? What else will you need to change if you change the path to `/my/name/is/:username`?
 
 * **Your Answer:**
-
----
+* req.params is the request parameter :name.  If you change thet get request parameter to :username you have to change the the response message to reflect the name of the parameter to ${req.params.username}.
 
 - [ ] Create three new routes as follows, testing each one as you go:
   ```
@@ -184,8 +190,7 @@ Then, go to [http://localhost:5000/](http://localhost:5000) and you should see a
 * **Question:** The above can be described as middleware. Describe what middleware is in your own words and how it differs from building a route.
 
 * **Your Answer:**
-
----
+* The middleware will run before a route. 
 
 - [ ] Take a moment to read through the following code that is already in `app.js`. If you need, take a look at the [morgan](https://www.npmjs.com/package/morgan) and [body-parser](https://www.npmjs.com/package/body-parser) packages on NPM:
   ```js
@@ -198,8 +203,7 @@ Then, go to [http://localhost:5000/](http://localhost:5000) and you should see a
 * **Question:** Describe the purpose of both morgan and body-parser. Why do you think morgan is only being run when the application is run in development mode?
 
 * **Your Answer:**
-
----
+* If morgan is signed in he or she will have dev environment variable. The body-parser appears to set the environment variable to json().  Meaning it's parsing all data to json. 
 
 - [ ] Update one of the `POST` routes you've created by adding the following code before the response is set. Then, try sending a request body using Postman to that route.
   ```js
@@ -209,8 +213,7 @@ Then, go to [http://localhost:5000/](http://localhost:5000) and you should see a
 * **Question:** Try commenting out `body-parser` in your application. What happens and why?
 
 * **Your Answer:**
-
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+* Undefined:  We didn't require the body-parser so when we requested the body object from the post nothing was returned so body is undefined.
 
 - [ ] Visit the [Exercise: Express](https://github.com/pce-uw-jscript400/exercise-express) repository on GitHub. Follow the setup instructions and open the code in a code editor. Then, answer the following questions:
 
@@ -220,27 +223,32 @@ Then, go to [http://localhost:5000/](http://localhost:5000) and you should see a
   ```
 
 * **Your Answer:**
+* Creating a url friendly id that is short enough for a url character limit.
 
 * **Question:** What routes are currently available to you as part of this application?
 
 * **Your Answer:**
+* vegetables and vegetables/:ids
 
 * **Question:** Look for `helpers.validate` in the `app.js` file. What is this and how does it work?
 
 * **Your Answer:**
+* It appears to be a validation check for the two "required" inputs or responses of name and price.
 
 * **Question:** Try creating a new vegetable. Then, try restarting your server. What happens to the data you posted and why?
 
 * **Your Answer:**
+I was having issues with getting anything to post to state.  But considering that it was a state if you refresh the server I would assume state would be saved.  
 
 * **Question:** Take a look at the last two `app.use()` methods at the end of the file. Describe how both work and what `err` is refers to.
 
 * **Your Answer:**
+* If the request resulted in an error the message and status of the first app.use would be in the response of the second app.use.
 
 * **Question:** Take a look at the `package.json` file. What is [standardjs](https://standardjs.com/) and what will it do for you?
 
 * **Your Answer:**
-
+* These are the formating standards for writing code so developers across the galaxy will understand and be able to read your code easier and faster.  
 #### Resources
 
 - [Postman](https://www.getpostman.com)