arthurmatthew/url-shortener

Very basic URL shortener using Express and MongoDB

About This Project

This is a very basic URL shortener made with EJS, ExpressJS, and MongoDB. There is no demo. Like I said, this is VERY BASIC. I made this just to help me learn the backend.

Application Features:

• URL Shortener
• ExpressJS Server
• MongoDB Database

What I Learned

I made this project to help me learn back end web development. It will be used a reference so I can apply my learning to a 'real project'.

View / Run Source

If you'd like to look at the source code or run it on your machine, here is how.

1. Clone this repository

Clone the repository in your terminal.

git clone https://github.com/arthurmatthew/url-shortener

2. Change your directory to the folder

cd {new folder name}

3. Install dependencies

npm install

4. Start the project

npm run dev