Lesson 1

README.md

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 > Scott Moss & Frontend Masters
 
 - [Resources](#resources)
+- [Requirements](#requirements)
 - [Course](#course)
-- [Excercises](#excercises)
+- [Exercises](#exercises)
  - [Hello world Express](#hello-world-express)
  - [Routing](#routing)
  - [Create Schemas](#create-schemas)
@@ -12,15 +13,29 @@
  - [Testing](#testing)
 
 ## Resources
-* [Slides](https://slides.com/scotups/api-design-in-node-with-express-v3/fullscreen)
+* [Slides](https://slides.com/scotups/api-design-in-node-with-express-v3)
 * [Nodejs](https://nodejs.org/en/)
 * [Express](https://expressjs.com/)
 * [MongoDB](https://www.mongodb.com/)
 
+## Suggested Tools
+The following are suggested to be installed on your machine before beginning the course
+* [VSCode](https://code.visualstudio.com/)
+* [Nodejs](https://nodejs.org/en/)
+* [Yarn](https://yarnpkg.com/lang/en/docs/install/)
+* [MongoDB](https://docs.mongodb.com/manual/administration/install-community/)
+* [Insomnia](https://insomnia.rest/)
+* [Nodemon](https://nodemon.io/)
+
 ## Course
-This course has two parts, slides and excercises. The slides describe the excerices in detail. Each excercise has a starting branch and solution branch. Example `lesson-1` and `lesson-1-solution`.
-## Excercises
+This course has two parts, slides and exercises. The slides describe the exerices in detail. Each exercise has a starting branch and solution branch. Example `lesson-1` and `lesson-1-solution`.
+## Exercises
+** Important: Please check out to each exercise branch as the course progresses. 
+
 ### Hello world Express
+
+Note: Before running the tests for the exercise, ensure that mongoDB is running. Please run `mongo` in a new terminal.
+
 * branch - `lesson-1`
 
 In this lesson you'll be creating a simple Express based API in node, just to get your feet wet.
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 ### Create Schemas
 * branch - `lesson-3`
-* test command - `yarn test-model` or `npm run test-model`
+* test command - `yarn test-models` or `npm run test-models`
 
 In this exercise, you'll be taking what you learned about Mongoose and MongoDb to create a schema and model for the Item resource.
 
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 - [ ] ensure all tests pass by running test command
 
 ### Testing
-THe other resources don't have any test, go ahead and write some!
+The other resources don't have any test, go ahead and write some!