Prisma Initialization Guide

1. Initialize from template

npx prisma init --datasource-provider postgresql

2. Setup tsconfig.json

{
	"compilerOptions" : {
		"sourceMap" : true,
		"outDir" : "dist",
		"strict" : true,
		"lib" : ["esnext"],
		"esModuleInterop" : true
	}
}

3. In a .env, write your remote database URL

DATABASE_URL="postgresql://johndoe:randompassword@localhost:5432/mydb?schema=public"

4. Setup a Prisma Schema
5. Then, do a migration to update your database