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BlogWebsite

Blog Website - used as an EJS and MongoDB challenge project. This uses express.js, EJS, and Mongoose.

Homepage is at localhost:3000. You can create posts at localhost:3000/compose which then populate on the homepage. You can also type in localhost:/3000/posts/postTitle where "postTitle" is the title of a post seen on the homepage (created on the compose page), and that post will be rendered alone in the window.

Dependencies

Node modules - inside project run npm install
- express
- ejs
- lodash
- eslint - if desired for linting
  - ESLint Getting Started Guide
MongoDB installed. You will need to install the free community server, as well as mongo shell
- Installation files:
  - https://www.mongodb.com/try/download/community
  - https://www.mongodb.com/try/download/shell
- You will then need to add both to your "PATH" environment variable
- You can then start your local MongoDB with the command "mongod", and the shell can be accessed with command "mongosh"

Includes

JS includes
- express
- ejs
- mongoose
- lodash
- dotenv
- eslint - if desired for linting
  - ESLint Getting Started Guide
Mongoose
- Connecting to MongoDB Atlas, as well as local (commented out)
- CRUD operations
Express
- Using Express routing to dynamically render pages
EJS - Data retreival and manipulation
- Serving up HTML files with input from server
- Retreive data from form, manipulate, and respond to user with updated html file
- EJS layouts and running code inside .ejs files so we don't have to have a ton of html files

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