megmaciver13 / checkpoint-express-mongoose

Checkpoint: Express & Mongoose

Before You Start

The test suite files are located in ./test. Before you begin anything, run npm install.

To run the tests in the terminal, run npm test. Every time you make a change and save your files, you will need to manually re-run the tests.

Instructions

For this checkpoint, you need to build a simple message board application. You will have a single model, Messages, with two properties: an Author and a Body.

We've provided a package.json file with the dependencies to run your tests; you will need to install everything else necessary to build your application server with Express and Mongoose.

Your application should have the following features:

• A home page that:
  • lists the most recently pushlished messages
  • has a link to create a new message
• A view for creating a new message that:
  • has a form for creating a new message
  • submits that form to your server to save the new message in your MongoDB database
• A show view for a message that:
  • Shows the message body and author

NOTEs:

• You will need to add module.exports = app to the bottom of your index.js file for the tests to work.
• You will need to use app.use(bodyParser.json()) in addition to the way you use bodyParser to process form submissions
• If your tests don't exit, try hitting ctrl-c.

When you are finished

Commit your work, push to GitHub and make a Pull Request.