TEAM-TITANS-BACKEND

Table of Contents

• Installation-Setup
  • Prerequisites
  • Installation
• Github Team Collaboration Flow
  • Setup a git repository
  • Branching Strategy
  • Development Workflow
  • Pull Requests
  • Pulling Updates
  • Issue Tracking
  • Collaboration Best Practices
• API Endpoints
• Contributing

Installation Setup

Prerequisites

Before getting started, make sure you have the following prerequisites installed on your development environment

1. PHP: Laravel requires PHP 7.4 or higher. If you already have it installed you can check you current version by running php -v or php -version on your terminal.
2. Composer: Composer is a PHP package manager used for Laravel's dependency management. You can download composer from Compoers
3. Web Server: You can use any server of your choice for local development, such as Apache, Nginx or Laravel built-in development server
4. Database: Laravel supports multiple database systems, including MySQL, SQLite, PostgreSQL and SQL Server. Ensure you have one of these databases installed and configured.
5. Git: Git is a version control system. It will be used for managing the project's source code.

Installation

1. Clone the Repository

• Clone the Laravery project repository for this project by copying the link below: https://github.com/hngx-org/Titans-food-backend.git
• Go to you terminal, navigate to the server directory (such as apache).
• Change directory to the htdocs directory
• Clone the repository link you copied above using the command below: git clone https://github.com/hngx-org/Titans-food-backend.git

2. Navigate to your cloned Project Directory

Change your current working directory to the cloned working directory using the command below: cd titans-food-backend

3. Install Project Dependencies

• Open your terminal or command line and navigate to the cloned project directory
• Run the following command to install all the dependencies using composer: composer install

4. Copy the Environment File

• Make a copy of the provided .env.example file and name it .env using the command below: cp .env.example .env

5. Configure the environment variables

• Go to the root directory of your laravel cloned project, you will find a file name .env
• Open the .env file in a text editor and configure your databse connnection details as follows: DB_CONNECTION=mysql DB_HOST=127.0.0.1 DB_PORT=3306 DB_DATABASE=your_database_name DB_USERNAME=your_database_username DB_PASSWORD=your_database_password NB: The datase should be created already in your local database

6: Generate an application key

• Open your terminal and navigation to the project root directory
• Run the following command to generate the application key: php artisan key:generate

7: Migrate Database

• Open your terminal and navigate to the root directory
• Run the following command to create all database tables: php artisan migrate

8: Start Development Server

• Open your terminal and navigate to the project root directory
• Run the following command to start the server: php artisan serve This will start a development server at http://127.0.0.1:8000
• Open a browser and access the url provided (http://127.0.0.1:8000/api).

Your laravel api is now fully setup, running on your local machine.

Github Team Collaboration Flow

Setup a git repository

• Create a GitHub repository for the project.
• Ensure the repository is set to either public.

Branching Strategy

• Create a new branch for each feature such as bug fix or task using the command below: git checkout -b branch-name

Branching

Main Branch

• The main branch represents the stable version of the project
• Tasks are merged into the main branch after thorough testing and code reviews

Feature Branches

• Create feature branches for your task
• Branch names should be descriptive for easy identification (e.g. your slack username)

Bugfix Branches

• Create bugfix branches to address specific issues.
• Branch names should be clear (e.g., bugfix/issue-123).

Development Workflow

• Write your code, make changes and run the necessary testing locally.
• Add and commit your changes using the following commands: git add . git commit -m "Descriptive commit message"
• Push your commited changes to the remote repository and set up an upstream(remote) branch at the same time as follows: git push -u origin branch-name
• Subsequent push should be done to the remote repository using: git push origin branch-name

Pull Requests

• Create a pull request on Github when you are ready to merge your changes into the main branch.
• Request reviews from team members whom where assigned to perform review, to ensure quality code.
• Resolve any conflict and make necessary changes based on feedback.
• After approval and successful tests, the branch is merged into main.
• The branch is delete if it's no longer needed

Pulling Updates

• Pull from the default (main) branch using: git pull origin main

• Pull from your upstream branch using: git pull origin branch-name

Issue Tracking

• GitHub Issues is used to track and manage tasks, bugs, and feature requests.
• Issues are clearly define based on its context, and its priority.

Collaboration Best Practices

• Communicate with your team using project management tools, slack, chat platforms or meetings
• Use meaningful commit messages and follow the project coding style to enhance code readability across the team
• Document your code and the project's architecture for better team understanding
• Keep sensitive information such as database credentials, API Keys, secure and out of version control using .gitignore
• Backup your code and database regularly

API Endpoints

• API Endpoints can are documented here

  The endpoints can be tested on the Project Swagger Docs. Open your browser and access the API docs from the url (https://titans-food-backend.onrender.com/api/docs). NB: To access authenticated routes, Ensure to login, using the route api/v1/auth/user/signin then copy the access_token from the login response and input it in the Swagger authorization BearerAuth by clicking on the 'Authorize' button at the top right of the screen.

Contributing

• codelikesuraj
• Shola Harry
• theblackwrist
• Kitti Solomon
• J-Engineers
• Rahmanakorede
• Emekaenyinnia
• kayxleem
• engr state
• Favour Bassey
• Jevans Stanley
• chriswax
• edoka
• the_last_php_bender
• Ruthiejay
• GoodnewsPerfect
• Akinyooye Femi
• teerka
• mrprotocoll
• james arua
• piouskenny
• Leakey_Nyamweya
• 7j4n1
• DevMenor
• Greegman
• Apple
• Adeleke_Ogunsona
• JesseJason
• GiftieO
• Daniel Dunu
• TheMaxwellJames
• bahd_dev
• RichmanLoveday
• splendidabbey
• ruxy1212

With this guide, you have successfully installed Laravel, initialized your project, and set up a Github team collaboration work flow.