membership-portal | REST API for the UC San Diego ACM chapter

Feel free to use yarn ... instead of npm run ..., but make sure not to commit the yarn.lock. Even though our actual Postgres instance runs in a Docker container, we need to install Postgres to install the official pg Node package. MacOS and Linux users can install Postgres via Homebrew, and Linux users can use apt. Windows users will need to download the Postgres 11.5 installer from here, run the installer, and add the Postgres bin to the PATH environment variable. Note: For Windows users, localhost won't work—you'll need to set RDS_HOST to the Docker Machine's IP address.
Clone the repository: git clone https://github.com/acmucsd/membership-portal.
Navigate to the directory: cd membership-portal.
Install PostgreSQL. See installation instructions below.
Install the necessary dependencies: npm install. For Windows users, see specific build instructions below.
Create a new .env file using .env.example as a template: cp .env.example .env.
Fill out the .env. See the example file below.
Run the containerized service(s) (e.g. Postgres): docker-compose up -d.
Initialize the database: npm run db:migrate.
Populate the database: npm run db:seed.
Start the Node app: npm run dev.
Run the Windows Powershell as administrator.
Install build tools to compile native Node modules: npm install -g windows-build-tools.
Rerun npm install in a separate command prompt window.