README.md

Employee Tracker using Node.js MySQL and Inquirer

Author

Edward Reyes

Tables of Contents

• Description

• Installation

• Usage

• Challenges

• Demo

Description

This app is an Content Management Systems built with Node.js.

Design the following database schema containing three tables:

• department:

  • id - INT PRIMARY KEY
  • name - VARCHAR(30) to hold department name

• role:

  • id - INT PRIMARY KEY
  • title - VARCHAR(30) to hold role title
  • salary - DECIMAL to hold role salary
  • department_id - INT to hold reference to department role belongs to

• employee:

  • id - INT PRIMARY KEY
  • first_name - VARCHAR(30) to hold employee first name
  • last_name - VARCHAR(30) to hold employee last name
  • role_id - INT to hold reference to role employee has
  • manager_id - INT to hold reference to another employee that manager of the current employee. This field may be null if the employee has no manager

The app allows the user to:

• Add departments, roles, employees

• View departments, roles, employees

• Update employee roles

• Update employee managers

• View employees by manager

• Delete departments, roles, and employees

• View the total utilized budget of a department -- ie the combined salaries of all employees in that department

Installation

To install the necessary dependencies, run the following command:

npm i

Usage

To start the program:

node index.js

Challenges

My biggest challenge was managing all the asynchronous functions. There were times where I wasn't using async functions properly, like using the keyword 'await' on a function that doesn't return a promise. I had to review how promises worked and how to utilize them in order to get the desired data for some the inquirer prompts. But once I understood how to use async functions along with promises I was able to progress smoothly.

Demo

Here's a video of The Employee Tracker in action: EmployeeTrackerDemo