node-notes-app

A CLI based Note taking app built with Node.js.

Learning objectives

• node.js fundamentals
• basic vanilla server fundamentals

Getting started

Run npm link to install the notes-app cli in this project inside the bin folder in your computer.

• type which notes-app to confirm you have access to the notes-app cli in your bin folder.

CLI Commands

Once linked, you can begin using the CLI with notes-app as your prefix. e.g. running notes-app in the terminal will execute your javascipt file with node.

• notes-app --help to see a list of available commands and options
• notes-app new + "note content" : creates a new note. Option to tag the note into a category with --tag
• notes-app all : fetches all notes
• notes-app find + "filter" : keywords to search note content by
• notes-app remove+ id : delete a note by id
• notes-app clean : deletes all notes
• notes-app web+ port: launches web interface for viewing notes
• notes-app web to launch the server and view notes in web interface (option to pass a port arg otherwise defualts to port 3001: http://localhost:3001 )

Todos

• add css to style notes
• implement ts with node
• replace vanilla server with express
• replace fs db with prisma db