tichmangono / complex-app

complex application with chat, posts, follow functionalities

complex-app

Pure javascript full stack app with complex application with chat, posts, follow functionalities

notes

• make file app.js
• npm init -y
• npm install express
• make views folder and first html file home-guest.ejs
• npm install ejs
• npm install nodemon
• make router file
• make controllers folder - userController.js, postController.js, followController.js
• implement user validation, with normal js and validator
• make models folder - User, Post, Follow
• npm install mongodb and create new free cluster with users collection in web version.
• whitelist all IPs 0.0.0.0/0 in mongodb
• make db.js, change npm run watch script to watch this file instead
• use separate file .env to store connection string and flexible port number, needs dotenv package
• npm install bcrypt for hashing user passwords
• npm install express-session for sessions and cookies
• npm connect-mongo to store sessions into mongodb
• npm connect-flash for flash messages
• npm md5 hashing emails for gravatar site