non-hacky

Author: chulinguy

Diff for: app.js

@@ -1,18 +1,10 @@
 const inquirer = require('inquirer');
+//connection available to all
+const connection = require('./connection');
 
 const app = {};
 
-app.initialize = (connection) => {
-  //makes connection assessible to the rest of the app  
-  app.connection = connection;  
-  app.startQuestion(() => {
-    app.connection.end();
-  })
-
-}
-
 app.startQuestion = (closeConnectionCallback) => {
-
   inquirer.prompt({
     type: 'list',
     message: 'What action would you like to do?',

Diff for: connection.js

@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+//require packages
+const mysql = require("mysql");
+const mySqlKey = require('./keys').mySql;
+
+//create MySQL connection
+const connection = mysql.createConnection({
+  host: "localhost",
+  port: 3306,
+  user: "root",
+  password: mySqlKey,
+  database: "eventonica"
+});
+
+module.exports = connection;

Diff for: index.js

@@ -1,16 +1,5 @@
-//require packages
-const mysql = require("mysql");
-const mySqlKey = require('./keys').mySql;
-const app = require('./app')
-
-//create MySQL connection
-const connection = mysql.createConnection({
-  host: "localhost",
-  port: 3306,
-  user: "root",
-  password: mySqlKey,
-  database: "eventonica"
-});
+const connection = require('./connection');
+const app = require('./app');
 
 const mySqlConnect = () => {
   connection.connect((err) =>{
@@ -19,7 +8,7 @@ const mySqlConnect = () => {
     console.log('Welcome to Eventonica')
     console.log("connected as Administrator");
 
-    app.initialize(connection);
+    app.startQuestion(()=>{ connection.end() });
   })
 }